Meaning & use

Reemergence

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The act of appearing or becoming prominent again after a period of being hidden, dormant, or absent.

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The reemergence of vinyl records surprised an industry that thought digital music had won for good.

Scientists studied the reemergence of the disease after decades of near-eradication.

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Often spelled with a hyphen as 're-emergence,' especially in British English, to avoid the double 'e'.

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resurgencecomeback

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