"recurring" in the verb sense
1. recur, repeat
happen or occur again
"This is a recurring story"
2. recur, go back
return in thought or speech to something
3. fall back, resort, recur
have recourse to
"The government resorted to rationing meat"
"recurring" in the adjective sense
1. recurring, revenant
coming back
"a revenant ghost"
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