RECRUDESCE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

recrudesce

verb

Definition of recrudesce

as in to continue

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This structure cements a type of paralysis for employers, which until recently, had almost no access to prices or their own data — but have continued to write the checks anyway.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Outlets like Zeteo, The Bulwark, Crooked Media, and More Perfect Union have added millions of readers, listeners, and YouTube subscribers, even as cable news viewership continues to slide.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of continue

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Bulgarian maritime authorities said Wednesday that the search efforts for the crew of Alfa Watan had been suspended and wouldn't resume.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Though the pipeline hasn’t transported gas to Germany since 2022, the country’s far-right AfD supports resuming flows, which could allow US investors to profit.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of resume

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More vessels were hit in waters near Iran and Oman, even as Tehran restated its conditions for reopening the key waterway.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
Bosnia’s wartime wounds were recently reopened somewhat by a public homage in Serbia and among Bosnian Serbs to the wartime army commander Ratko Mladic, who died in late August while serving a life sentence for genocide and other war crimes.

— Eldar Emric, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of reopen

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Organizers had been unable to renew their contract, and Stern suspected something was happening behind the scenes.

— Dick Slaughter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Although restaurant management did not respond to a request from The Sacramento Bee for comment, Kelly Rule, senior vice president of leasing for Pappas Investments told The Bee the restaurant chose not to renew its lease.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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