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to give an oral or written account of in some detail
a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan
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Recent Examples of recount
Dan Raby, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
The British had imprisoned Jindan, and Duleep was forced to give away the diamond and claims to sovereignty, Smithsonian Magazine recounts.
—Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Federal authorities also subpoenaed records from the Arizona Senate last month relating to its recount of Maricopa County’s 2020 ballots.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Among the items seized during the search were all ballots, tabulator tapes from the scanners that tally the votes, electronic ballot images created when the ballots were counted and then recounted, and all voter rolls from the 2020 election.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
The British had imprisoned Jindan, and Duleep was forced to give away the diamond and claims to sovereignty, Smithsonian Magazine recounts.
—Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
The campaign that resulted in this election, as Meacham and Page recount, was bruising, and there are many reasons for its outcome.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Federal authorities also subpoenaed records from the Arizona Senate last month relating to its recount of Maricopa County’s 2020 ballots.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recount
Verb
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Drinking that water can cause both acute illness (like the abdominal pain that Stillman describes) and chronic illness.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Most of the monarchies in Europe are really described by their greatest and most ardent supporters.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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The bedroom appears to have room for a king but little else, though the floor-to-ceiling closets (which take up the whole width of the room) provide a good amount of storage.—
Katie McDonough,
Curbed,
4 May 2026
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Apply to know if you're approved and find out your exact welcome offer amount – all with no credit score impact.—
Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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The warning applies to residents of 11 towns and villages in southern Lebanon, according to Reuters, telling them to evacuate their homes and move at least 3,300 feet away to open areas.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Mountaga Tall’s home in the capital, Bamako, was stormed shortly before midnight Saturday, his relative Mahmoud Touré told AP.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Mehdi Bostanchi owns a ventilation and air conditioning factory, and a second producing household fans, with a total of more than 1,130 employees.—
Amir-Hussein Radjy,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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As part of his plea agreements, Jones agreed to give up a total of $73,000 and, at sentencing, could be ordered to pay additional sums as restitution.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Hawke previously narrated the audiobook for Joan Didion's essay collection Slouching Toward Bethlehem.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Elsewhere, in the natural history space, Nat Geo also has more episodes of Underdogs, narrated and produced by Ryan Reynolds, in the can, two seasons of A Real Bug’s Life, and The Real Finding Nemo coming up.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
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Several Republicans running for governor have sought to tie Klobuchar to Walz, arguing Democrats as a whole are to blame for the fraud that’s plagued Minnesota’s social services.—
Mary Murphy,
Twin Cities,
4 May 2026
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They may be edited for clarity and reprinting in whole or in part in Variety publications.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
4 May 2026
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This year, Times columnist Gustavo Arellano was recognized as a finalist for opinion writing for articles chronicling the fear and devastation of immigration raids in Los Angeles.—
Jennifer Peltz,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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In Coasting, Raban chronicles his solo journey, in a sailboat, around the island of Great Britain.—
Eva Holland,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2026
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His leadership of Amazon’s cloud business has coincided with the AI boom and the remarkable scramble among cloud providers, including Microsoft, Google, and Oracle, to spend eye-popping sums building data centers and other AI infrastructure.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Paying upfront huge sums of money for an A-lister to do a show or movie at a streamer, that looks like success regardless of whether anybody showed up to actually watch it, but that doesn’t make sense in terms of how success has traditionally been understood.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Recount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recount. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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