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as in described
to give an oral or written account of in some detail
recited the funny story of how he and his girlfriend met
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as in listed
to specify one after another
the Declaration of Independence recites a long list of grievances against King George III
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Recent Examples of recited
Laurel Hill president and ceo Nancy Goldenberg recited Joyce Kilmer's famous poem about trees to begin the ceremony.
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Siafa Lewis, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Instead, Becerra recited his resume with the vigor of someone rattling off his LinkedIn page.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Both poets recited their verse to the audience at the ceremony.
—María Ramos Pacheco, Dallas Morning News, 8 Apr. 2026
Bruce recited several lines from it, from memory, right there in the crystal store, and the boy behind the counter applauded him at the end.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Ask workers and customers at the local coffee counter to name the city’s best athletes and former Major League Baseball pitcher Kyle Gibson and pitcher Drey Jamison, who is in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization, are often recited.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
Its stories are centuries old – yet they are recited by many Nepalis every winter, even as the daily recitation now competes with many modern distractions, such as smartphones and social media.
—Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
McDonald recited the words instead.
—Hillel Italie, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
McDonald recited the words instead.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
Siafa Lewis, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Instead, Becerra recited his resume with the vigor of someone rattling off his LinkedIn page.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Both poets recited their verse to the audience at the ceremony.
—María Ramos Pacheco, Dallas Morning News, 8 Apr. 2026
Bruce recited several lines from it, from memory, right there in the crystal store, and the boy behind the counter applauded him at the end.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Ask workers and customers at the local coffee counter to name the city’s best athletes and former Major League Baseball pitcher Kyle Gibson and pitcher Drey Jamison, who is in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization, are often recited.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
Its stories are centuries old – yet they are recited by many Nepalis every winter, even as the daily recitation now competes with many modern distractions, such as smartphones and social media.
—Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
McDonald recited the words instead.
—Hillel Italie, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
McDonald recited the words instead.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recited
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By the time officers arrived, the situation had escalated into what officials described as an active shooter incident, with the suspect walking down the middle of Memorial Drive and firing in an erratic manner as traffic came to a halt.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2026
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Taylor denied medical care, food during detention For the first time, Taylor described conditions inside the Stewart Detention Center in his own words.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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For decades, getting the most out of the terminal required that traders memorized an arcane and bewildering set of three- and four-letter keyboard commands and shortcuts, each of which called up a different feature, function, or dataset.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Shailene Woodley’s Paradise character Annie may have memorized every nook and cranny of Elvis Presley’s Memphis estate Graceland, but the actress herself hasn’t made the pilgrimage there in the wake of her affecting performance in the show’s second season.—
Scott Huver,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2026
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If grass eating is new, sudden, obsessive or comes packaged with any of the symptoms listed above, a vet visit is in order, according to Guilfoyle.—
Diana Bocco,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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The records show thousands of transactions during the first quarter totaling hundreds of millions of dollars, with each trade listed as a price range.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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Trump asked before Cignetti and his players told him Ponds was at training camp.—
Antonio Morales,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 novel is the story of the rise and fall of a Southern populist, the Louisiana governor Willie Stark—a fictional Huey Long (even if Warren downplayed the likeness)—as told by Stark’s wisecracking, anguished, Hamlet-y henchman, Jack Burden.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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The countries of Asia are commonly grouped into five subregions—East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and Western Asia (the Middle East)—as outlined below.—
Ethan Teekah,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
11 May 2026
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On May 4 Ireland became the 66th nation to sign NASA’s Artemis Accords, which call for the peaceful, cooperative human exploration of the moon and Mars, as outlined by the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
11 May 2026
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Iranian families recounted their desperate attempts to find survivors after the school bombing.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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Pentagon The documents also include a transcript of the 1969 Apollo 11 crew debriefing in which astronaut Buzz Aldrin recounted several unusual observations.—
Stephen Smith,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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The Avs got outhit, outworked, outhustled, out-detailed, out-everything-ed.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
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White detailed an uncomfortable run-in involving his young niece at one of Tony Hawk’s celebrity charity events years ago.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
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As this page has chronicled, everything from airline turf wars and safety concerns to a sorry on-time performance went into that determination.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Jury Duty’s first installment chronicled the inner workings of an American jury trial through the eyes of one particular juror, Ronald Gladden.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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“Recited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recited. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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