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verb

present tense third-person singular of recount

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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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noun

plural of recount

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In her 2015 memoir, Steinem recounts her dynamic, nomadic career as a writer and activist, and pays vivid homage to the people, places, and conversations that shaped her. — Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Getting the shopping done has become a nightmare for Volodymyr Bovsunovskyi, who recounts a recent family trip to a mall to buy clothes for his nearly 4-year-old daughter. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026 The series recounts the untold story of how the New York Mafia made millions in the aftermath of the 9/11. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026 Following his 2019 essay for the New Yorker, Murakami recounts a compelling history of fatherhood, family and obligation, transforming an uncanny childhood memory into a deeply personal history. — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 Alix Blüh recounts what happened on August 13th when a burglar gutted her store. — Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 In his own words In recordings from 2008, 2009 and two in 2017, Davis recounts his involvement in Shakur’s death, all with a specific story arc. — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026 The star, playing an unnamed Narrator, recruits audience members to help act out a story about grief, as her character recounts her mother’s depression and suicide attempts. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026 The latter recounts his travels to the island of Utopia and outlines its customs, which contrast sharply with common practice in England. — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026

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There are no automatic recounts in Indiana, but the losing candidate may request and pay for a recount regardless of the vote margin. — Robert Yoon, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026

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The company describes the effort as part of a broader push to increase the pace of hypersonic testing.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
Sandoval plays the Babaylan, a traditional Malay healer who Diaz describes as a lasting bridge between Filipinos and their pre-Hispanic, pre-Islamic Malay heritage.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

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Those amounts can rise over successive renewals as companies accept larger retentions to control premiums or carriers tighten coverage terms.

— Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Russia’s sizable military has enough manpower to sustain a war of attrition and enough productive capacity to generate massive amounts of missiles and drones.

— MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of amounts

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Lowell is expected to produce rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches, with maximum totals exceeding 10 inches possible for Kauai and the Big Island, the hurricane center said.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
The totals don’t include one-time purchases for supplies, travel or food.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

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At the center of this operation was the Bayeux Tapestry, an ancient wall hanging that narrates, over the course of two hundred and twenty feet, the Norman conquest of England, in 1066.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Quaid narrates the new documentary Water Wars, which dives into a legal war over water rights in West Texas.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of narrates

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The film chronicles his childhood in South Africa and his time in Silicon Valley, and suggests that Musk’s genius is not as an inventor but as an investor.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The documentary, which chronicles a pair of mountain climbers who fall in love while planning to climb the North Face of Mount Everest and then ski down it, was shot specifically for the format.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of chronicles

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He was convicted of four counts of war crimes including murder, torture, cruel treatment and arbitrary detention.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
This can include everything from capturing cost-per-call and cache hit rates to turn counts and context size.

— Dylan Barrell, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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