REJOIN Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

rejoin

verb

ri-ˈjȯin

Definition of rejoin

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 The company said the employee downloaded over 100 highly confidential files to his personal accounts before rejoining Apple. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 Bedard had been practicing by himself in a noncontact sweater before recently rejoining the team for workouts, donning a normal jersey for practices Sunday and Monday after taking faceoffs Saturday. — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026 Williams did not rule out rejoining the Hurricanes’ class in the future. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 Burnham remains bound by the pledge of his Labour predecessor, Keir Starmer, not to rejoin the bloc’s frictionless single market or its customs union. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rejoin

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The government did not respond to further questions sent in October for this article.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Massie had aggravated Trump by pushing for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files and opposing the Iran war, and the president responded by successfully backing Gallrein in the party’s primary.

— Michelle S. Price, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of respond

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For example, a user could reply to an iPhone text message by typing on an onscreen keyboard or using their voice to dictate a reply.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
The Federal Trade Commission warns that even replying to an unexpected text can confirm that a scammer has reached a working telephone number.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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The Pentagon has not answered questions from The Associated Press about the restrictions.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Kansas’ junior Republican senator spent roughly 30 minutes answering questions from a Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce moderator.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026

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