as in response
something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question
he always has a smart-aleck rejoinder to everything
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Recent Examples of rejoinder
At first glance, recent history would seem to furnish an obvious rejoinder to such caution: the United States waged, and won, a nearly half-century-long global struggle against the Soviet Union.
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Ali Wyne, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
And on top of that, the movie felt like a cruel rejoinder to anyone who’d ever believed that the once-red-hot Shyamalan could right the ship.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
When critics warn about Trump’s threat, the constant rejoinder is that democracy already survived four years of Trump in office.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
This pushback and occasional calling to task not only makes for compelling reading, but serves as an apt rejoinder to those who would collapse their differences into some kind of monolithic Octoberite orthodoxy.
—Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Ali Wyne, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
And on top of that, the movie felt like a cruel rejoinder to anyone who’d ever believed that the once-red-hot Shyamalan could right the ship.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
When critics warn about Trump’s threat, the constant rejoinder is that democracy already survived four years of Trump in office.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
This pushback and occasional calling to task not only makes for compelling reading, but serves as an apt rejoinder to those who would collapse their differences into some kind of monolithic Octoberite orthodoxy.
—Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoinder
Noun
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In response to questions from Jackson, Nuttall agreed that injuries to O'Keefe's face could have been caused by a punch to the face.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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For now, Amazon appears content to be positioning itself for potential market share gains if consumer shopping habits shift in response to new economic realities.—
Kiri Masters,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Cancel reply 672 Wine Club Meet the Wine Club That Thinks Differently.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
9 Apr. 2025
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One person might expect instant replies to emails, while another prefers deep focus time before responding.—
Dr. Jennifer Bryant,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The answer, as the paper argues, is that Deinosuchus isn’t an alligator at all.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images The top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability wants answers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about why its public records staff was gutted on April 1, when thousands of federal health agency workers were fired.—
Sydney Lupkin,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Rejoinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoinder. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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