reminiscing

verb

present participle of reminisce
1
as in remembering

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2
as in ruminating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reminiscing
  1. remembering
  2. ruminating
  3. recalling
  4. pondering
  5. recollecting
  6. studying
  7. debating
  8. analyzing
Verb
  • That's worth remembering the next time someone suggests online privacy is only a concern for younger people.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The tribute served as both a peace walk and vigil, as attendees called for an end to gun violence while remembering Delgado and calling for accountability as police continue to investigate.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of remembering
Verb
  • Alessandro Michele had been ruminating on a concept put forth in the book Black Swan.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Definition of ruminating
Verb
  • How could living without symptoms — the vexing troubles with concentration, word finding, recalling new facts, the loss of a mental map — be an experience of something?
    — Jason Karlawish, STAT, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Indeed, the 18th century looks very scrubbed and pretty here, Cathal Watters’ handsome widescreen cinematography at times recalling the more idealizing 19th-century landscape painters.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of recalling
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  • Plenty of others, namely frustrated fans, are pondering the other stuff for him.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • This can be especially uncomfortable when the prevailing narrative holds its own special significance, but pondering such complexities strengthens our minds and our spirits.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of pondering
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Before working with Pancho, Chang and his colleagues spent over a decade studying the basic neurobiology of speech in the human brain using similar recordings from non-paralyzed subjects.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Despite the controversy, some researchers are studying DNA editing of embryos.
    — Gerry Smith, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of studying
Verb
  • Minutes after Peña's announcement, the lower house voted 78-0 to impeach him; on Thursday evening, the Senate was debating whether to remove him from office.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The industry has been working to answer that question by comparing benchmarks, debating reasoning performance and seeing each new model outperform the last.
    — Kumar Chivukula, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of debating
Verb
  • For example, discussing voter turnout — analyzing voter characteristics such as age, family income and race/ethnicity — can help develop an understanding of statistics and data visualization.
    — Ismar Volić, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Technology Will Carry More Of The Load Trade execution technology is becoming increasingly capable of analyzing these trade-offs.
    — Adam Cohn, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of analyzing
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“Reminiscing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reminiscing. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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