REMINISCES Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

reminisces

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present tense third-person singular of reminisce

as in remembers

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George Simeka, a poultry keeper and urban farmer who used to live along the Nairobi River, remembers hearing his neighbors scream during the 2024 floods.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026
Each remembers a game when their favorite play went the distance, and neither will settle for less.

— Clayton Cullaton, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2026

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The most tonally bizarre Apes movie ruminates on that question with a mixture of money-saving light comedy and mic-drop grimness.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
As such, the work ruminates on the gendered impact of the violence of war and the absence of the voices of women and children, ironically the most affected groups, in global strife.

— Zehra Jumabhoy, Artforum, 25 June 2026

Definition of ruminates

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This day, Newsom recalls being joined by Pete Pianezzi, a former bank robber wrongly convicted of a 1937 Los Angeles double homicide.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Goldstein recalls that trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, who serves as president of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, asked what his motivation was for making his recording available for release.

— Donald Liebenson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of recalls

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Article 39 also contemplates an Accountability and Care Committee that helps to develop injury-surveillance systems and conducts investigations.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The letter of intent contemplates a PIPE (private investment in public equity) financing of $75 million, subject to upsize.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of contemplates

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On the stream, Piker is live-reacting to a YouTube video from the popular channel Jubilee, in which a Black conservative debates a Black liberal.

— Abigail Sylvor Greenberg, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
But on Monday, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan likened many of the investors drawn to the AI boom to gamblers and questioned the economics of AI labs as Wall Street debates whether the AI bubble will burst.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of debates

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Instead of relying solely on the birthday listed on a profile, the company's age-estimation technology analyzes account activity and other signals to estimate whether someone may be a teenager.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Unlike active sonar, which sends out sound pulses and analyzes their echoes, passive sonar listens without transmitting signals.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2026

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