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
Verb
  • Morton remembers being on set in New York during the 1990s for a project with magician David Blaine and director Harmony Korine.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026
  • Sitting across from her at the diner, Chris Wade, the podcast’s longtime producer and another somewhat recent West Coast transplant, remembers it well.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2026
Definition of remembers
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  • 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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  • In the first episode, former finance employee Donna Schlessinger recalls the firm’s the firm’s alpha-male environment.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • So far, no nationwide recalls have been made related to the outbreak.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026
Definition of recalls
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  • 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
  • As coach John Hynes ponders his Game 1 starter, the recent numbers will show that Wallstedt has allowed a total of four goals in his final two regular-season starts, while veteran Filip Gustavsson has been touched for 10 in the same span.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of ponders
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  • As humanity contemplates the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change, Sulej says the story of the Mastodonsaurus offers some hope.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • This week, Gracie Abrams pens a tearjerker on mother-daughter relationships, Steve Lacy escapes the abyss of a breakup on a colossal double track, and Beabadoobee contemplates risk and reward on a fuzzy new single.
    — Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026
Definition of contemplates
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  • Paxton’s campaign declined to elaborate on which debates Paxton plans to participate in and whether they’ll be televised.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • While Washington debates another extension, its rivals are designing the next generation of commercial ties with Africa.
    — Daniele Nyirandutiye, semafor.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of debates
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  • Sourcing & Methodology This article was generated by software that analyzes National Weather Service warnings and advisories and creates an article based on templates created by humans.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
  • Its Google Trends service analyzes the popularity of top queries though the results don’t reveal the number of searches for a specific term.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 10 July 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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