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 This relaxation of the rules thus allows certain distant male relatives who are over 15 years old and unmarried to rejoin the imperial family. — Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026 Veteran execs Chelsea Barnard and Matthew Budman also rejoined the company as co-heads of film. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 Traffic from northbound lanes will be redirected to Langford Parkway, and then through the city on I-75/85 north, and back on I-20 west to rejoin I-285. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Undrafted in 2021 out of Arizona, Williams will fill in minutes behind Steph Curry and De’Anthony Melton, who rejoined the team on a two-year, $11 million deal in July. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rejoin

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Mamdani opened the news conference by expressing his condolences to the victims and their families and thanking the officers who responded.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Two people were stabbed, one fatally, near Times Square on Monday afternoon, with responding authorities shooting and killing the female suspect, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026

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Itauma had become a shell of the heavyweight who’d answered the opening bell with such vim and vigour.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Department representatives met with city council members during weekly budget hearings to present in-depth budget reports and answer questions from councilors.

— Gabriel Brito, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 28 Aug. 2026

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