recounted

verb

past tense of recount
as in described
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 recounted On Tuesday night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel recounted Zacharia’s disastrous first day of work. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026 Marco Bello / Reuters Standing outside his father's home in Pensacola, Florida, amid the debris and damage left behind by Isaias, one man recounted how the storm took his stepmother's life and severely injured his father. — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026 Dawn Richard paid tribute to her hometown of New Orleans with Creole Culture, Joyce Wrice recounted the last half-decade of her personal evolution on Machiko and Sheryl Crow explored the human connection on Pick You Up. — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2026 In his filing, Wandner recounted that Roberts was 12 years old when his mother killed his father, an experience the attorney said left lasting psychological scars. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026 Campus police recounted Ashar’s reappearance at a news conference Thursday, detailing for the first time how the student was found after a multiday search that spanned acres and put the local community on alert. — Angie Orellana Hernandez, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 Months after their 2023 breakup, Kelce attended one of Swift’s concert, tried to give her a friendship bracelet, recounted the story on his podcast, and the rest is history. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2026 Premiering at the New York Film Festival, the movie is based on a real two-day conference about climate change that happened in 1980 and was later recounted in Nathaniel Rich’s 2019 nonfiction book Losing Earth. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026 As recounted in the Sanskrit epic Ramayana, Ravana abducts Rama’s wife, Sita, and carries her away to his kingdom of Lanka. — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recounted
  1. described
  2. told
  3. chronicled
  4. narrated
  5. reported
  6. related
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  • Hey, the boss needs a favor In a November 2025 Reddit post, one person described buying $800 in Target gift cards on their second day at a new job after receiving an email impersonating their boss.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • OpenAI’s report on influence campaigns mounted using its technology also described a cluster of ChatGPT accounts in Russia that were banned after they were used to operate what appeared to be a fake think tank in Latin America.
    — Miriam Waldvogel, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of described
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  • Others have been buried by the migrants themselves, but they won't be added to the official count until authorities can verify the bodies, Alexandre Coissac, IOM Chief of Mission in Djibouti, told the Associated Press via the phone.
    — JAMEY KEATEN, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Rahadian says he was drawn to a story of motherhood told through children whose mother was missing from their lives, set in a moment when a person’s citizenship could be taken away suddenly, by force and without warning.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of told
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  • Her Pulitzer Prize-winning 2025 memoir, Things in Nature Merely Grow, chronicled the loss of her sons and her effort to go on.
    — Terry Gross, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Michael Jackson‘s iconic performance during the the 1993 Super Bowl halftime show will be chronicled in a new documentary coming to Hulu and ESPN.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of chronicled
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  • Both also received high-gloss visual treatments, the former starring Nicole Kidman and the latter narrated by Sir Ian McKellen, aka Gandalf.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The majority of the stories are narrated by Yunior, a young Dominican immigrant.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of narrated
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  • Executives from ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP and TotalEnergies abandoned the event, the FT reported, due to the potential danger.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Palestinian Health Ministry reported two injuries, including a 14-year-old boy wounded in the upper thigh by Israeli gunfire.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of reported
Verb
  • Truist’s proprietary data shows that Vans has been the focus of 10 percent of Foot Locker’s brand-related posted on Instagram since June 2026, up from 1 percent in the second half of 2025.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The new definition, developed by an international panel of medical experts convened by the medical journal The Lancet, requires evidence of both excess body fat and related health problems or limitations in daily activities.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
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