as in to describe
to give an oral or written account of in some detail
a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan
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Recent Examples of recount
Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Neighbors recount scene outside Michigan church Phillip Cotter, a Clio resident, stood at the police cordon on Sunday morning.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Bransten recounts meeting with David and Ralph Lauren at the time, prepared with slides.
—Tharin Pillay, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit have argued that law should apply to digital images of the ballots taken by the voting machine too to add another layer of security during recounts.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Neighbors recount scene outside Michigan church Phillip Cotter, a Clio resident, stood at the police cordon on Sunday morning.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
The mathematician John Wallis, recounting the story in 1693, didn’t say whether Rupert wrote a proof or bored a hole through an actual cube.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Bransten recounts meeting with David and Ralph Lauren at the time, prepared with slides.
—Tharin Pillay, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recount
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If so, Scoresby unwittingly described the effects of a shift in the quantity of solar radiation that reached Earth’s surface.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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On August 22, she was attacked while on a Charlotte light train in what police described as an unprovoked stabbing.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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That amount is Wisconsin Humanities' total annual funding from the University of Wisconsin system.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The state rescinded a round-one grant in the same amount in September, because Palomar, working through its charitable foundation, was unable to meet a 10% funding match for the award.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Tom Curran, energy technology analyst with Seaport Research Partners, told Fortune the power opportunity is an emerging bright spot in an industry suffering through a slump.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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Joanne can tell there’s trouble when the woman who may one day become her sister-in-law shows up to a double date with bangs.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Orion Dalton, 17, was sentenced on October 8 to a total of 9 years in prison, with 4 years suspended, after he was found in possession of a firearm on campus in April, according to an October 9 press release from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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What To Know The Board of Elections shared that a total of 79,409 New Yorkers cast their ballots on the first day of early voting on Saturday, with particularly high voting numbers in the boroughs that Mamdani won in the primary election held on June 24.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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His work credits have included National Geographic’s Ocean with David Attenborough, NBC’s The Americas narrated by Tom Hanks, and the upcoming Blue Planet III on BBC.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The professor recorded and narrated the field trip so Rogers and others could complete the assignment at Stanley.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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The whole me is insured, but not specific things.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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Everything about it pleases me, from the correctness of all the enclitic marks upward, to the astonishing lambency of the whole.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Evidence of life at the falls is chronicled well before George Rogers Clark's arrival in the 1770s.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Oct. 2025
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Archaeologists analyzed the monument’s carvings, which feature 123 hieroglyphic panels that chronicle the city’s story.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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The post sparked a backlash in the Philippines, where the average monthly wage is less than a fifth of that sum.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment that is equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Recount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recount. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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