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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
  • Watkins remembers her parents, her uncle Bruce Watkins and other Black business leaders, including Ollie Gates, sharing a close friendship with Stapleton.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The next thing Aaron remembers was waking up in severe pain and confused.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of remembers
Verb
  • 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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  • Allen recalls one young woman who got a full-time job at La Familia Counseling Center, a counseling and outreach agency for high-risk youth, after spending a year with CRE Pathways.
    — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Infrared sauna blankets have moved from biohacking into at-home recovery routines, but recent safety recalls and limited blanket-specific research are reshaping how shoppers evaluate them.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of recalls
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  • As is often the case in both real life and the movies, this modern millennial lady ponders this very question all the time.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Nacua, who expects to play against the 49ers as the NFL ponders a potential suspension for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, returned to practice last week.
    — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of ponders
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  • Neither yet contemplates an agent that delegates to another agent at four in the morning.
    — Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The series contemplates topics like shady lending practices by financial institutions — something that will resonate deeply with today’s economy — and the ethics of placing oneself in a news story.
    — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of contemplates
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  • Co-star Tom Blyth will surely hold his own in Michael Arden’s production of a play that debates whether the rule of law in a democracy can fully protect us from a dangerous world.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • As the group debates players, Pitt reveals the new modus operandi for the Oakland Athletics.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of debates
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  • Locus’ Delivery Promise Management functionality analyzes all parts of the end-to-end supply chain in real time to provide the best possible shipping options to the customer.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The system then analyzes potential locations using public signals, such as building type, demographics, competition, customer reviews and local demand patterns.
    — Nick Cherkassky, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 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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“Reminisces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reminisces. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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