REMINISCED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

reminisced

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past tense of reminisce

as in remembered

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as in pondered

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Throughout her decades-long career, Bonnie Tyler recorded pop, country and soft rock music and scored hits with each style, but she is remembered primarily for her decade-defining rock smashes.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
At a press conference in New York City on Friday, Wells' parents remembered their son.

— Elise Gregg, NPR, 10 July 2026

Definition of remembered

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Last week began in a slump as investors pondered whether memory chip maker Micron would show sustained demand in its earnings report.

— Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Plunkett, with the Norman Rockwell Museum, pondered whether Americans viewing the painting today would find a familiar feeling.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 June 2026

Definition of pondered

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Earlier this year, nearly 60,000 pounds of frozen blueberries were recalled due to potential Listeria contamination.

— Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Multiple lots of dog food have been recalled nationwide for possibly containing metal and plastic fragments that could injure pets, according to a Food and Drug Administration notice.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of recalled

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But Yi has ruminated on these interconnections for more than two decades, making visible (and, sometimes, odorous) the systems around us that are microscopic, impermanent, or technologically abstract, often questioning our discomfort with them.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
Shanahan ruminated on that topic in his news conference following the 49ers 48-27 win over the Indianapolis Colts Monday.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025

Definition of ruminated

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Through its characters, the book stages an argument about the virtues of various types of maps—those that are measured, those that are recollected, those that are dreamed.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
But the Bruins recollected themselves, and the flow state returned on the other side of the timeout.

— Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 2 Mar. 2026

Definition of recollected

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Based on the benefits of seawater, this therapy was already recognized in the 1960s in France, where Farnós studied at one of Europe’s oldest thalassotherapy and functional rehabilitation centers in Collioure.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 July 2026
Research on how rage specifically affects women’s careers is thin, partly because research on women’s occupational health during midlife is thin across the board, and partly because rage so infrequently has been studied on its own.

— Dr. Sarah Berg, Time, 9 July 2026

Definition of studied

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Researchers analyzed data from nearly 4,000 older adults participating in a long-term aging study.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 8 July 2026
Published in 2023, this paper analyzed the 533 studies on cat diet or predation events published over more than a century and found that cats ate nearly 2,100 different species of animals, including invertebrates.

— Christopher A. Lepczyk, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

Definition of analyzed

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The jury deliberated for about six hours on Monday and eight hours on Tuesday before the mistrial was declared.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026
Difficulty reaching a unanimous verdict The jurors deliberated for nearly three days before arriving at their decision.

— Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Definition of deliberated

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