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occurring or appearing at intervals
had recurrent problems with the computer for months and finally junked it
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For that study, Princeton University researchers looked at recurrent gene flow between humans and Neandertals over the last 200,000 years.
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Daniel Vergano, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2024
The Amazonian image of Joan of Arc in armor is perhaps the most recurrent one in popular culture, inspiring thousands, if not hundreds and thousands, of similar depictions.
—Tacita Quinn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
Hopfield was a pioneer in using models from physics, especially those developed to study magnetism, to understand the dynamics of recurrent neural networks.
—Ambuj Tewari, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
In a classic 1964 Harper’s essay, historian Richard Hofstadter warned of the recurrent pattern of apocalyptic and absolutistic frameworks denigrating neighbors and societal institutions with hostility as the paranoid style in American politics.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
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Daniel Vergano, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2024
The Amazonian image of Joan of Arc in armor is perhaps the most recurrent one in popular culture, inspiring thousands, if not hundreds and thousands, of similar depictions.
—Tacita Quinn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
Hopfield was a pioneer in using models from physics, especially those developed to study magnetism, to understand the dynamics of recurrent neural networks.
—Ambuj Tewari, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
In a classic 1964 Harper’s essay, historian Richard Hofstadter warned of the recurrent pattern of apocalyptic and absolutistic frameworks denigrating neighbors and societal institutions with hostility as the paranoid style in American politics.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Recurrent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recurrent. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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