REMINISCING Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

reminiscing

verb

present participle of reminisce

as in remembering

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as in ruminating

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Many came to mourn at candlelight vigils, remembering the young mother and shining a light on domestic violence.

— Christina Fan, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Following the news of Mitte’s death, Cranston, Aaron Paul and Dean Norris are among those remembering the actor.

— Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of remembering

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So, Otto sits at the end of the counter, ruminating on the past weeks, then downs his glass of Gordon’s.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Yet there was Devers, ruminating as if the fate of the Giants’ (57-82) season rested on this Tuesday night in Pittsburgh.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruminating

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Stitt points out a photograph of Olney in a hallway near the bathroom, while recalling sharing wine with Lulu Peyraud, the beloved matriarch of the Domaine Tempier wine estate in Provence, among a collage of other French memories.

— Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
Some are optimistic about the team's depth and potential, recalling past successes and expressing excitement for the current season.

— Danielle Allentuck, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of recalling

Verb

Newsom, who is pondering a 2028 presidential campaign, and the two men vying to replace him — Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton — oppose it.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
In the stands, fans murmured beneath their breath, wondering what new math the Kiffin’s successor could be pondering.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of pondering

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Continually surrounded by well-wishers during an hour of socializing before a formal program of speakers and videos recollecting his career, Lubelfeld listened to what others had to say before speaking himself.

— Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
That suits the artless, unfiltered way Yo describes her life, spending a fair amount of time recollecting her own childhood.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of recollecting

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After seeing information about the National Day of Action online, Isabel Montano, a junior studying philosophy and economics, decided to take action at SIUE.

— Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
Together, these practices have established a model for studying sensitive online discourse at scale.

— Justin Chen, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of studying

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The question the hosts were debating, by pointing to a specific subset of one immigrant group, was precisely how incompatible Indian Americans were with American culture, and by what degree Indian immigration should be discouraged.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Innovation requires creative friction—people disagreeing, debating, and pushing boundaries.

— Stephanie Kramer, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of debating

Verb

Stolkier and his colleagues started analyzing their brain scan data to find out why.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
Now the researchers working along SR 62 plan to go a step further by analyzing the location and DNA of dozens of poop samples for each species, before the crossings are built and after.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

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