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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 recounting
Zwerner testified during the trial, which began in late October, recounting the moment she was shot.
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
Food Network star Tobias Dorzon is recounting the night he was shot 11 times during an armed robbery.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Li emphasized Taiwan’s growing international visibility, recounting a September meeting in France with CNC president Gaëtan Bruel, who expressed strong interest in Taiwan’s VR/AR capabilities.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
The woman took the stand last week, recounting the crime.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
Inside, Archimedes begins contemplating the Universe beyond the Earth, and starts recounting various ideas about what its nature could be.
—Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
However, an eyewitness, Josh Thomas, disputed this while recounting the events to WGN-TV.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Tompa has been capable of recounting a personal crisis while constantly opening up to universal reflections that summon all viewers.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
The mathematician John Wallis, recounting the story in 1693, didn’t say whether Rupert wrote a proof or bored a hole through an actual cube.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
Food Network star Tobias Dorzon is recounting the night he was shot 11 times during an armed robbery.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Li emphasized Taiwan’s growing international visibility, recounting a September meeting in France with CNC president Gaëtan Bruel, who expressed strong interest in Taiwan’s VR/AR capabilities.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
The woman took the stand last week, recounting the crime.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
Inside, Archimedes begins contemplating the Universe beyond the Earth, and starts recounting various ideas about what its nature could be.
—Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
However, an eyewitness, Josh Thomas, disputed this while recounting the events to WGN-TV.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Tompa has been capable of recounting a personal crisis while constantly opening up to universal reflections that summon all viewers.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
The mathematician John Wallis, recounting the story in 1693, didn’t say whether Rupert wrote a proof or bored a hole through an actual cube.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recounting
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Mamdani has also been criticized for describing himself as a Democratic Socialist and pushing for government run grocery stores and free buses.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Court records obtained by KOCO include several emotional victim impact statements describing lasting fear and trauma.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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There is no telling how long the restrictions might last or how much worse delays will get as Congress remains at a logjam.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Beatty emphasizes that the key to creating the show was telling a clear story in a short format.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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This will be followed by Maltin interviewing New Orleans resident Bruce Spizer, who has written more than a dozen authoritative books chronicling The Beatles.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Both had spent years chronicling immigrants' movements north.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Attenborough earned the Daytime Emmy award for outstanding daytime personality (non-daily) — for his hosting and narrating the Netflix show .—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Cultures around the world have ancient traditions of narrating events, sometimes gruesome, through song.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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On expedition, the hunter who joined me on polar bear watch was relating a story from his grandfather who told him the telling sign of narwhal appearance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The song, which is the second track on the album, makes several references and nods to some of Taylor's famous life, while also seemingly relating them to Swift.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Recounting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recounting. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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