rejoining

verb

present participle of rejoin
as in responding
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 rejoining Kendrick Raphael ran for 124 yards as SMU (5-1, 3-1 Atlantic Coast) improved to 10-0 at home in ACC games since rejoining a power conference league in 2024. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 Kendrick Raphael ran for 124 yards as SMU (5-1, 3-1 Atlantic Coast) improved to 10-0 at home in ACC games since rejoining a power conference in 2024. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Liaw returned to Supermicro as a consultant in May 2021 and eventually became a full-time employee before rejoining the board in December 2023. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, drivers using eastbound 37 will need to detour by taking northbound Highway 121, making a right on the Carneros Highway (Highways 12 and 121), followed by a right on Highway 12 and 29, rejoining Highway 37 in Vallejo. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 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 In an interview this week, Burnham stated bluntly that Brexit has brought far more negative consequences to the United Kingdom than benefits, explicitly noting that the UK does not rule out rejoining the European Union in the future. — CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoining
  1. responding
  2. replying
  3. answering
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  • Officers responding to a report of a stabbing found Dodge, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Friday’s exhibition contest featured a 22-0 KU run in the first half, the Jayhawks responding to Pitt State grabbing an early 22-21 lead.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of responding
Verb
  • 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
  • According to SeniorMatch’s photo-verification guide, members must complete photo verification before interacting with other users, including sending or replying to messages.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of replying
Verb
  • 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
  • The harder question is one the West has been quietly answering the same way for three hundred years, and the answer sits at the heart of the Enlightenment.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of answering

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“Rejoining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoining. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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