Thesaurus results for RECOUNTS

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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 a new book, Charles Spencer recounts the traumatic days after Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997 at the age of 36. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 In the book, Spencer recounts a call with then-Prince Charles, which eventually became heated. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 16 Sep. 2026 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 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

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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 nonprofit describes itself as Indiana’s first and largest scholarship-granting organization.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Appropriated from a John Cale album, the title accurately describes scenes of bloodletting committed by bizarre, scenery-chewing yakuza members, and the energy hovers somewhere around a bloodier-than-baseline Takashi Miike movie from the mid-2000s.

— Vadim Rizov, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026

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The companies are targeting data centers, industrial facilities and other users that require large amounts of reliable power.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
The immense gravitational influence of these black holes generates incredible amounts of friction in the accretion disk, causing the objects to glow brightly as AGNs.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026

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In the series, Joel Kinnaman narrates your development of those feelings.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of narrates

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The companies building these centers are spending unimaginable sums.

— Kam Shenai, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
There’s also the small circle of companies such as my own that prolifically commit mid-to-high eight-figure sums to fund film and television productions.

— Stuart Ford, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

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Elsewhere, the People’s Choice award for best international film went to Simon Stone’s Elsinore, which chronicles the final year in Scottish actor Ian Charleson’s life and stars Olivia Colman, Billie Piper and Johnny Flynn.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2026
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

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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