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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 recounts
Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
As Martin recounts in her 2023 coffee-table missive Mamma Milano, the brand’s ethereal ethos was there from the start.
—Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 24 Mar. 2026
The memoir recounts her childhood on Long Island and her eventual move to Puerto Rico.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 24 Mar. 2026
One chapter recounts a childhood illness that left her bedridden for months.
—Rhoda Feng, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
In one of the most affecting stretches in the biography, Oppenheimer recounts how Rudy died prematurely of a heart attack less than a month before Blume’s wedding.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026
Bison recounts stories of top founders scrambling to take companies private, close emergency equity rounds, or abandon ship altogether.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
Virgil Wounded Horse, something of a vigilante, recounts the events of a tumultuous winter.
—The Know, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
The film opens with a four-minute oner of the home, as the narrator recounts Nora’s school essay.
—Craigh Barboza, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
The film recounts the struggle of local communities to protect a fragile and vital ecosystem that also serves as their ancestral home.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
As Martin recounts in her 2023 coffee-table missive Mamma Milano, the brand’s ethereal ethos was there from the start.
—Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 24 Mar. 2026
The memoir recounts her childhood on Long Island and her eventual move to Puerto Rico.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 24 Mar. 2026
One chapter recounts a childhood illness that left her bedridden for months.
—Rhoda Feng, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
In one of the most affecting stretches in the biography, Oppenheimer recounts how Rudy died prematurely of a heart attack less than a month before Blume’s wedding.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026
Bison recounts stories of top founders scrambling to take companies private, close emergency equity rounds, or abandon ship altogether.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
Virgil Wounded Horse, something of a vigilante, recounts the events of a tumultuous winter.
—The Know, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
The film opens with a four-minute oner of the home, as the narrator recounts Nora’s school essay.
—Craigh Barboza, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recounts
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The post, shared by Reddit user No-Street-6651, describes a multi-stage interview process that included three rounds of interviews and a detailed six-page project for a marketing brand manager position.—
Darlin Tillery,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Bourne is the chair of the Yolo County’s chapter of Moms for Liberty, a nonprofit that describes itself as advocating for parental rights.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Snow accumulations in the valleys of 1 to 4 inches with the higher amounts likely in the western shores of Lake Tahoe.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Rizo tells Ozzy about his Idol, cementing their polycule.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2026
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The book, being published by Doubleday and Pan Macmillan, tells the true story of Zac Brettler, a London teenager who died under mysterious circumstances in 2019.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2026
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Napa County job totals were unchanged and Marin County lost 100 jobs in January.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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While 2015, 2017 and 2019 ranked among the highest homicides totals ever recorded in the city– with those years reaching almost 350 homicides each– sharp declines in the last few years have brought Baltimore’s murder rates to a historic low.—
Stella Canino-Quinones,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Apr. 2026
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The film follows the 20 days leading up to the 2025 presidential inauguration, as the first lady narrates a behind-the-scenes glimpse into her personal and private lives.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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The story — told in the colorful, emotional graphic novel that will be published by Z2 — follows three artists on the Seattle scene, tracking their triumphs and tragedies as they are guided by an oracle, the Queen of the Seasons, who narrates the story.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Namings often tied to philanthropic giving The current clamor bears some resemblance to the controversy that surrounded the wealthy Sackler family’s culpability in the deadly opioid crisis, because in both cases the institutions involved had received vast sums from the family.—
Michael Casey,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The current clamor bears some resemblance to the controversy that surrounded the wealthy Sackler family’s culpability in the deadly opioid crisis, because in both cases the institutions involved had received vast sums from the family.—
Julie Carr Smyth,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Adept at separating the unseen from the seen, Lemann here chronicles his family’s accumulation of wealth, whatever the moral costs or compromises, and their subsequent acculturation and partial deracination.—
Brenda Wineapple,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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From director Joshua Enck, the film chronicles the friendship of Benjamin Franklin (John Paul Sneed) and Reverend George Whitefield (Jonathan Blair) during the Great Awakening.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2026
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The same jury acquitted Lopez of more than a dozen other charges and hung on five counts of sending harmful material to a minor.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Census Bureau will collect exact population counts during the next official census in 2030, unless a community requests a special census before then.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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