recommends

verb

present tense third-person singular of recommend
1
as in leaves
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another serious gastronomes should recommend their stomachs to the restaurant's chef, giving full rein to his culinary prowess and imagination

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as in suggests
to put forward (something) as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action I would recommend you look into that option a little more closely because I don't think it will work nearly as well as you think

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Recent Examples of recommends Southern Living recommends visitors visit both the river and the beach, stroll through downtown and check out local marine history. — Eva Flowe, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026 Three Rivers Therapies recommends stretches like arch and flatten, knee drops (also called windshield wipers) and pelvic circles to loosen the hips, lower back and middle back. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026 The letter recommends distributing habeas cases among other judges in the district, noting that a district in Pennsylvania had recently done the same. — Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026 Washington Fish and Wildlife recommends pet owners keep their animals indoors – especially between dusk and dawn – and secure small livestock and poultry. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a COVID-19 shot for all children ages 6 months to 23 months, and for older kids with high-risk conditions. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a COVID-19 shot for all children ages 6 months to 23 months and for older kids with high-risk conditions. — Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Arjun Bhatia, an analyst at William Blair who recommends buying Salesforce shares, said investors who turned negative on cloud software companies or eliminated their exposure altogether due to AI concerns, are starting to come back. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 For groups, Bernthal recommends Carolina Cabana Cruises, which offers private two-hour outings around the Charleston Harbor with music, floats, and even karaoke. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recommends
  1. leaves
  2. suggests
  3. gives
  4. entrusts
  5. hands
  6. commends
  7. transfers
  8. delivers
Verb
  • Incredibly, in their last two postseason series, the Phillies are 0-4 when their starter leaves the game with a lead.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Under full-accrual standards, expenses are recognized when incurred, not when cash leaves the account.
    — Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of leaves
Verb
  • Cancer June 21 – July 22 A purchase could feel more personal than the price tag suggests.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
  • This sudden shift from drugs to body parts suggests that Father Joe may have been intended as a mini-series (or at the very least a comic book), having the freewheeling quality of ’the ’70s TV show Kung Fu.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of suggests
Verb
  • What gives me pause are injuries and the lack of good offensive linemen.
    — Adam Coleman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Check fraud has been around for ages, but modern tech gives fraudsters new and more powerful tools.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of gives
Verb
  • These responsibilities are the reason society entrusts lawyers with responsibilities unlike those of any other profession.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • And Curry entrusts his considerable talent to Kerr, who can look at his star point guard and just about diagnose his disposition.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 10 May 2026
Definition of entrusts
Verb
  • Wayne picks Gregory up at a motel, in Mobile, Alabama, and hands him a briefcase containing, among other things, a gun.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The consultant reasons by filling a notebook with calculations, then hands you a one-sentence answer, and keeps the notebook.
    — Adam Fish, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of hands
Verb
  • The report commends changes including protecting wetlands, improving stormwater and wastewater infrastructure, and expanding water quality monitoring, including notification programs that warn people about unsafe conditions in rivers and streams.
    — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Maynard also commends the company for its presentation of the result, in light of AI’s tendency to copy humans’ mathematical results and present them as its own ideas.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of commends
Verb
  • Robotic system transfers 400 gallons During the demonstration, the USNS Vindicator training support vessel towed the refueling system.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
  • If a player transfers to another SEC school outside the first transfer portal window in the spring, the school would have been subject to a half-season suspension for the coach and a fine of 50% of that sport’s operating budget.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of transfers
Verb
  • Even if Venezuela delivers more oil to the global market in the near term, three of the four global refining hubs are in crisis.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Extreme mountain climbing has never looked anything but miserable from the distance of a screening room, and The Other Side delivers mightily on all that scraping, straining, gasping toil.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of delivers

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“Recommends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recommends. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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