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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
Amber McBride, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
One story of the Desert Fathers recounts a sighting of a demon perched on the top of the monastery, busily scribbling down all the faults of the brothers within.
—JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
In the podcast’s early episodes, Goldman recounts the ways that an investigation into the Moxley killing by local police was thwarted at almost every turn, with one theory after another yielding no viable suspect for arrest.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
In the film’s second half, the Creature recounts his version of events, which is by turns gentle and ferocious, and finally heartbreaking.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Andrews, 90, recounts that the idea came to her after a mouse incident backstage on Broadway.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Bransten recounts meeting with David and Ralph Lauren at the time, prepared with slides.
—Tharin Pillay, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Set in 1971, The Post recounts the decision by The Washington Post to publish the top-secret Pentagon Papers and the newspaper’s ensuing legal victory over the Nixon administration.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
This is, of course, the very same Will who later recounts the Black Spot story to his own son, Mike, in King’s novel.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
Thiongʼo novel in verse which recounts the Gikuyu creation story.
—Amber McBride, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
One story of the Desert Fathers recounts a sighting of a demon perched on the top of the monastery, busily scribbling down all the faults of the brothers within.
—JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
In the podcast’s early episodes, Goldman recounts the ways that an investigation into the Moxley killing by local police was thwarted at almost every turn, with one theory after another yielding no viable suspect for arrest.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
In the film’s second half, the Creature recounts his version of events, which is by turns gentle and ferocious, and finally heartbreaking.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Andrews, 90, recounts that the idea came to her after a mouse incident backstage on Broadway.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Bransten recounts meeting with David and Ralph Lauren at the time, prepared with slides.
—Tharin Pillay, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Set in 1971, The Post recounts the decision by The Washington Post to publish the top-secret Pentagon Papers and the newspaper’s ensuing legal victory over the Nixon administration.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
This is, of course, the very same Will who later recounts the Black Spot story to his own son, Mike, in King’s novel.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recounts
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And, at the end of each chapter, the book describes how the evidence on each phenomenon has evolved and strengthened in the years since the original columns.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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Miller's nomination describes her as having maintained great fortitude and excellent disposition, talent and character.—
Kenya Anderson,
Nashville Tennessean,
10 Nov. 2025
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By then, California officials said people had already begun receiving their full benefit amounts, including in Sacramento County.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Alphabet shares are beating Meta Platforms shares by more than 40 percentage points year to date, for instance, with the disparity coming down almost entirely to investors' current level of faith in each company's smarts in deploying similar amounts of data-center capex.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Rose tells Shaw that her community is concerned about sacred remains being disturbed.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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In this intimate portrait of life during the exhilarating early days of the women’s liberation movement in Scandinavia in the 1970s, Pernille Ipsen tells the stories of the seven women who raised her, who were all part of the women’s movement in Denmark.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Leavitt and Ballas have received immunity from the relay round, plus two bonus points, for having the top scores in the individual dance round last week and for their cumulative judges' totals all season.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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Target and touch totals are important, but not as important as the market share.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Over staggering beats sourced from young experimental pop acts like Jane Remover, Quadeca, Underscores, and Holly, Brown narrates his newly clean lifestyle with beaming gratitude.—
Stephen Kearse,
Rolling Stone,
10 Nov. 2025
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The film narrates the story of a convent located in the South of Spain, where a sect of unholy nuns served as a coven to find the perfect womb for the son of the devil to make his entry on earth.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Defense attorney Marc Carlos argued Friday that prosecutors failed to turn up evidence that Bonillo was being paid large sums of money by the cartel.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Otherwise, the state or large cities would need to pay huge sums to fellow CAP users to persuade them to forgo their water and let more vulnerable users stay wet.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The project chronicles the adventures of Huntrix, a K-pop girl group comprised of three members who also just happen to fight monsters from the underworld.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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The tense series chronicles the search for missing Milo, the investigation into why he was kidnapped and the lives and secrets of the adults in his orbit, including Marissa and her husband Peter (Jake Lacy).—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Christina Leona Cowens, 41, was initially arrested last week on suspicion of felony grand theft, along with misdemeanor counts of unlawful disposal of human remains and attempting to conceal a death.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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Unlike the Taurids, the Leonids last less than a week, with maximum hourly counts near 10, though this varies from year to year.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Recounts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recounts. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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