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 The first drone seemingly detonated after crashing onto the gas tanks of La Negra Francisca, the crew recounted, while the second appears to have dropped an explosive. — Michael Rios, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026 The injured passenger, a 61-year-old Serbian man, later recounted his experience to The Guardian. — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026 In a post with more than seven million views on X, Anderson recounted a matchmaking attempt gone wrong. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026 The events surrounding that night have been exhaustively investigated and recounted in numerous stories, documentaries and police investigations. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 Others recounted people falling sick, being beaten by the rain, and told to hide whenever Nigerian military helicopters flew over the forest hideouts where the captors held them. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026 Maybe grandparents shared the horror of Pearl Harbor or parents recounted their shock the day JFK was shot. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026 The only new images are artists’ re-creations of incidents recounted in some of the reports. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026 Christopher Clancy also recounted seeing his son's family the week of Christmas, including for Mass on Christmas Day. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recounted
  1. described
  2. told
  3. chronicled
  4. narrated
  5. reported
  6. related
Verb
  • Other negotiators described him as highly competent with a command of the details.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Well, Newcastle United’s new head coach Matthias Jaissle has been described as exactly that by the club’s chief executive David Hopkinson.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of described
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  • Jeff Niklaus, the founder and CEO of Compliant Technologies, told AP by email that the company was unable to comment.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • As far as Davis was told, once the ordeal was handled, the player simply asked for a different helmet and returned to practice.
    — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of told
Verb
  • In history books of the future, Mikhail Gorbachev and Vladimir Putin are likely to be chronicled as two equal but diametrically opposed forces on the world stage.
    — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Orbit also produced the album 13 by Britpop band Blur, a record that chronicled Damon Albarn’s breakup with fellow musician Justine Frischmann (of Suede and Elastica fame).
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of chronicled
Verb
  • The action has been narrated by actress Judi Dench since 2007.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
  • True to form, the story is narrated by an unscrupulous wanna-be novelist named Bret Easton Ellis (Igby Rigney), a closet case lusting away for the new hunk at his cruel prep school.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of narrated
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  • The New York Times, which first reported Rideout's release, said the 50-year-old had worked as a missionary in Niger for 19 years and was a pilot for SIM International.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Coaching searches are, at best, farcical, the truth lying somewhere between fans’ fanatical wishes, reported contacts and actual interviews.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of reported
Verb
  • The rate at which coronavirus tests are coming back positive is increasing, as are viral levels in wastewater and COVID-related hospitalizations.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Doing so checks the name for any active charges or warrants, including those that are immigration related.
    — Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
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