reminisces

verb

present tense third-person singular of reminisce
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as in remembers

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as in ruminates

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reminisces
  1. remembers
  2. ruminates
  3. recalls
  4. ponders
  5. contemplates
  6. debates
  7. analyzes
  8. meditates
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  • Gina Alves, married to Snookie and Ellen’s cousin at the time, fondly remembers her friendship with Snookie.
    — Annalise Peterson, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Jeffrey Huber still remembers the day some 34 years ago when Hurricane Andrew blew off the roof of his childhood home, one of tens of thousands damaged and destroyed across southern Florida.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of remembers
Verb
  • 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
  • Delery ruminates on her wastrel youth.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of ruminates
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  • Brylan May, who met McCollough through her legal internship at the Writers Guild of America West in 2024, recalls once seeing McCollough snort a line of cocaine at a party and immediately throw up.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Sekai team was at a loss, and Therain recalls calling his wife crying in the lobby of a hotel in Tokyo.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of recalls
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  • While Tavares coach Gavin Jones ponders how to replace 18 transfer players heading into the season, just down Route 441, new Eustis coach Tanner Harris is pumping some energy into a program that has had four coaches in three years.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Vieira ponders the dilemma from his own perspective as a coach, having had spells in charge at New York City, Nice, Crystal Palace, Strasbourg and Genoa.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 June 2026
Definition of ponders
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  • The pair move in together, as McConaughey contemplates a Texas gubernatorial run.
    — Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
  • One modification contemplates allowing schools to pay more money to athletes.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of contemplates
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  • The download numbers are a reminder that even as Washington restricts chip exports and debates AI export controls, Chinese open models are winning developer mindshare globally.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • While everyone else debates the AI market with leaderboards and analyst estimates, Stripe would be able to watch it in real time.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of debates
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  • Roblox's voice safety classifier analyzes speech for policy violations in real time.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Legal representation in fiscal year 2026 immigration court proceedings is at the lowest level since 2010, according to Austin Kocher, a research professor at Syracuse University who analyzes immigration data.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of analyzes
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  • Francis Ford Coppola meditates on the question of who is watching the watchmen in The Conversation, a neo-noir mystery thriller about the human side of surveillance.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
  • At other times, the music meditates on an image — there’s a tribute to Sylvia Plath, another famous McLean patient — that’s beautiful on its own but dramatically inert.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 June 2026
Definition of meditates
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