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 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 The newspaper also recounted how Kim pressed on through steep mountain terrain and a torrential downpour during a 2018 trip to find a suitable site for a hot-spring resort. — Reuters, NBC news, 7 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 The corruption charges were brought against him after a participant in the conspiracy recounted the scheme to The Star. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026 Cheogyal recounted his story to CNN from that city, which has been the center of the Tibetan cause since the 14th Dalai Lama fled his home and established a government-in-exile there more than six decades ago. — CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 Also in line were members of the Plaha family of Santa Clara, who have been fans since son Nihal, 10, devoured a Stan’s doughnut at the age of 1, mother Kassey recounted, laughing. — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recounted
  1. described
  2. told
  3. chronicled
  4. narrated
  5. reported
  6. related
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  • Solar eclipse watchers have for centuries vividly described an eerie phenomenon known as shadow bands that appears just before and after totality — the period when the moon completely blocks the sun’s light and the sky goes dark.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Officials said the gun, described as small and compact, was legally registered to the boy’s grandfather.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of described
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  • Senior local official Dagnachew Azbite told the BBC that seven people had been found injured, with five of the victims sustaining serious injuries.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Secret Service Director Sean Curran told reporters that the agency had more than 10,000 investigations into threats against people the agency has been assigned to protect.
    — Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of told
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  • According to a dispute with a neighbor chronicled in court documents, Adelkoff and her then-husband acquired the home in 2002.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • An article in the Washington Post chronicled how police officers were caught abusing surveillance technology to stalk ex-wives and, in at least one case, an actress a police officer wanted to meet.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of chronicled
Verb
  • Leaders with a large gap between their narrated and enacted self-impose the highest tax on the people around them.
    — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Every novel requires some suspension of disbelief, but a book narrated by an animal—a surprisingly common subgenre—raises unique questions about representation.
    — Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Definition of narrated
Verb
  • The Justice Department returned the phone in May, hinting that the investigation would be dropped, the Associated Press reported.
    — Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As of July 25, 3,437 clinical cases in 27 states have been reported, CDC data shows.
    — Diana Anos, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of reported
Verb
  • Founded in Israel, the company positions itself around space-resilient computing systems, including onboard processing, storage and communications-related capabilities.
    — Ben Topor, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • While drug overdose deaths have dropped in recent years, alcohol- and drug-related disorders still kill more than 250,000 people every year.
    — Brian Mann, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026
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