Definition of rejoinnext
as in to respond
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction when I asked my daughter if she wouldn't mind picking up dinner on her way home from soccer practice, she rejoined, "Only if you wouldn't mind me taking out the pickup later tonight!"

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Recent Examples of rejoin In 2011, he was appointed artistic director at Berluti in Paris, leaving five years later to rejoin Zegna in his current role. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026 Drivers can head west on University Avenue, turn south on Grand Prairie Parkway and rejoin westbound I-80 at the Grand Prairie Parkway interchange. — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 19 Sep. 2026 Kyl stayed for less than four months before rejoining lobbying firm Covington and Burling. — Jacques Billeaud The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026 Donald, 35, rejoined the Rams after ending a two-year retirement. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rejoin
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  • Notre Dame responded to Jefferson's big play with a 17-play, 75-yard drive lasting more than nine minutes by the time Carr got around the right side for a fourth-down TD keeper.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The policy also includes how the university will respond to those who do not comply with the rules.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
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  • The company encouraged employees to use Microsoft Teams, but while some replied promptly, others put their own work first.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The lawyer for Suncor and Exxon Mobil, Kannon Shanmugam, replied that some three dozen similar lawsuits have been filed around the country, and that no clear ruling on their legality has been reached.
    — Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026
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  • Privacy risks continue when someone answers the call There is also another person in the conversation.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • True North forced a fumble on Norland’s first offensive possession, immediately preventing the Vikings from answering.
    — D’Joumbarey Moreau, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026

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“Rejoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoin. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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