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
With a few snooty glances and snide rejoinders, Todd and Margo Chester — the Griswalds’ ultra-hip Chicago neighbors — epitomize the sort of detachment that’s too chilly for the holidays, too cold for friendship.
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Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
The ban can be seen as a rejoinder to the U.S. cracking down on China's chip-making industry, as well as an escalation in trade war saber-rattling between the two countries.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Johnson’s performance, meanwhile, was a sharp rejoinder to the media attention he’s received this week.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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.
—Ali Wyne, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
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Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
The ban can be seen as a rejoinder to the U.S. cracking down on China's chip-making industry, as well as an escalation in trade war saber-rattling between the two countries.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Johnson’s performance, meanwhile, was a sharp rejoinder to the media attention he’s received this week.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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.
—Ali Wyne, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoinder
Noun
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After the stock market plunged in response to the levies, Trump paused the reciprocal tariffs for most countries, lowering the tariffs to a universal 10% rate.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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The diminished virulence that the pathogen evolved in response to more of its hosts dying potentially caused these earlier plague pandemics to fizzle out.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 May 2025
Noun
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That means messages that are longer or threads that contain multiple replies.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2025
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Plaintiffs have until June 5 to respond; the government may file a reply by June 9.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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But some critics have noted his erratic behavior, such as his Nazi-like gesture at a rally, garbled answers during interviews, and frequent insults of top Trump officials.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
30 May 2025
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The answer may reshape how commercial Indian cinema approaches audience engagement in the streaming age.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
30 May 2025
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“Rejoinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoinder. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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