as in remembers
to make (someone) think about something again
She'll forget to call the doctor if you don't remind her. Remind me to buy some groceries after work. I constantly have to be reminded how to pronounce her name. I had to remind him that we were supposed to leave early.
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Recent Examples of reminds
Her oldest sister, Sonia Gonzalez, said Gonzalez reminds her a lot of their father, who reinvented himself many times over the years.
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Lisa Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
The thought of spending months reading and studying reminds me of being in grad school again.
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Literary Hub,
30 June 2026
The principle reminds us that leadership is not exercised from a distance.
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Sandra Balogun,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
In the present day, when artificial intelligence is taking over much translation work, this 500-year-old conflict reminds us that translation is never a simple matter of substituting one word for another.
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Michael Bruening,
The Conversation,
30 June 2026
The Full Moon later reminds you that the right audience matters.
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Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
With temperatures lingering for days in the 90s and the heat index pushing the feels-like into the triple digits, this kind of heat wave reminds Dudzinski of the summer of 1996 when hundreds of Chicagoans died.
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Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
That crab dish reminds me of Sundays spent with friends at the waterfront Maine Avenue Fish Market in Washington, DC.
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Jamila Robinson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 June 2026
The wheeled legs on these minimal loungers are an elegant detail that reminds us of vintage styles from the ‘60s.
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Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
27 June 2026
Lisa Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
The thought of spending months reading and studying reminds me of being in grad school again.
—
Literary Hub,
30 June 2026
The principle reminds us that leadership is not exercised from a distance.
—
Sandra Balogun,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
In the present day, when artificial intelligence is taking over much translation work, this 500-year-old conflict reminds us that translation is never a simple matter of substituting one word for another.
—
Michael Bruening,
The Conversation,
30 June 2026
The Full Moon later reminds you that the right audience matters.
—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
With temperatures lingering for days in the 90s and the heat index pushing the feels-like into the triple digits, this kind of heat wave reminds Dudzinski of the summer of 1996 when hundreds of Chicagoans died.
—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
That crab dish reminds me of Sundays spent with friends at the waterfront Maine Avenue Fish Market in Washington, DC.
—
Jamila Robinson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 June 2026
The wheeled legs on these minimal loungers are an elegant detail that reminds us of vintage styles from the ‘60s.
—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reminds
Verb
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Britain remembers well the fiasco of 2022, when then-Prime Minister Liz Truss triggered a mass sell-off of bonds after presenting plans for huge unfunded tax cuts.
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This logic represents real organizational knowledge, even if no one remembers how it is enforced.
Verb
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The Cuisinart recall follows two other major grill brush recalls this year involving more than 13 million products.
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Good wine recalls specific tasting notes; great wine unlocks entire memories.
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“Reminds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reminds. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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