recriminates

Definition of recriminatesnext
present tense third-person singular of recriminate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recriminates
Verb
  • To this end, CNBC reports, NASA now plans to return the rocket ot the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for repairs.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Now, the fundraiser is under review, with questions over the organizers and who will receive the proceeds, San Francisco Chronicle reports.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Advertisement The priest gives up the location of the memoirs, and Toni retaliates by letting Vittorio be assassinated in his place.
    Rory Doherty, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The former employees claim in the filing McFadden frequently retaliates against critics.
    Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • All of this makes Unspeakable Things a particular type of #MeToo memoir, one in which the accuser implicates herself—not as complicit in any assault or harassment, but as fully human, and sometimes confounding even to herself.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The scheme has been under investigation since last June and also implicates the Palace of Versailles.
    News Desk, Artforum, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Alongside the African Diaspora volume, Duran keeps almost all the Hidden Voices guides in her classroom, and has used or expects to use the Jewish, Muslim, Latinx and Asian Americans books in her lesson plans.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The Conditions of Will by Jessa Hastings When her father dies, Georgia Carter reluctantly books a flight home from London to South Carolina.
    Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Recriminates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recriminates. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.

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