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recollects 1 of 2

verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of recollect
as in remembers
to bring back to mind I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house

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re-collects

2 of 2

verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of re-collect
1
as in contains
to gain emotional or mental control of she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery

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2
as in retrieves
to get again in one's possession I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recollects
  1. remembers
  2. contains
  3. retrieves
  4. recalls
  5. composes
  6. recaptures
  7. gets back
  8. recovers
Verb
  • Watkins remembers her parents, her uncle Bruce Watkins and other Black business leaders, including Ollie Gates, sharing a close friendship with Stapleton.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The next thing Aaron remembers was waking up in severe pain and confused.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of remembers
Verb
  • It was discovered that the organic material inside these ancient space rocks contains pristine chemical signatures from the earliest days of our Solar System.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Many advocates and lawmakers have complained that the system updates too slowly and contains too much inaccurate or missing information, allowing ICE to shield the locations of detainees for days or weeks.
    — Ryan J. Foley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of contains
Verb
  • Six months later, an internal AI assistant retrieves the ticket and tells a different team what to do.
    — Mani Padisetti, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • In the highlight, Marshall retrieves the ball and oddly fires it back to the infield, fooling no one.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of retrieves
Verb
  • Allen recalls one young woman who got a full-time job at La Familia Counseling Center, a counseling and outreach agency for high-risk youth, after spending a year with CRE Pathways.
    — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Infrared sauna blankets have moved from biohacking into at-home recovery routines, but recent safety recalls and limited blanket-specific research are reshaping how shoppers evaluate them.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of recalls
Verb
  • The man composes his responses with the help of a manual that instructs him on which incoming string of Chinese characters should be answered with which other string of Chinese characters.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Agent authority composes dynamically.
    — Harsh Singhal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Definition of composes
Verb
  • The powertrain also recaptures waste energy; the ThermAssist heat management system boosts range by 7 percent and reduces the amount of energy needed to heat the car by 40 percent.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Oh, there’s a pipe dream out there, all about a once-great player who recaptures the old magic, but that’s hardly the appropriate mood.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026
Definition of recaptures
Verb
  • Budd gets back into the race and Decker goes down with an injured thigh.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Her relieved All-Star owner gets extra rest and then gets back to work.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of gets back
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  • The Commanders now face the prospect of playing at least one game and probably more with Mariota, and perhaps another quarterback, while Daniels recovers.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • To be sure, Bespoke data shows the S & P 500 eventually recovers.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of recovers
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“Recollects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recollects. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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