reeling off

verb

Definition of reeling offnext
present participle of reel off
1
as in reciting
to give from memory he's able to reel off the names of all the U.S. presidents, in historical order and without pausing

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2
as in listing
to specify one after another her friend proceeded to reel off the roster of losers that she had dated over the years

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  1. reciting
  2. listing
  3. detailing
  4. outlining
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  • The show includes ten digital portraits of contemporary actors—including celebrities like Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen—reciting lines from various Shakespeare plays.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The result is a show where one section is focused on reciting his lyrics, while the other is throwing their bodies into each other in a mosh pit.
    Maurice Garland, SPIN, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of reciting
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  • The rule proposes listing the migrant butterfly as a threatened species.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Deal Rationale Since Universal Music Group’s distribution and listing in 2021, Vivendi has been subject to a significant conglomerate discount, resulting in a notable decrease in valuation and limiting its capacity to execute external growth initiatives for its subsidiaries.
    Joe Cornell, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of listing
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  • In this regard, the German automotive company filed a patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office in September, detailing its plan to develop a six-stroke engine design.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The team of reporters and visual journalists worked through plenty of logistical hurdles to bring close-to-live updates to readers each day, detailing everything from the heartwrenching witness testimony to details about Allen’s prison confessions.
    Chris White, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of detailing
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  • Multilateral organizations may also need clear protocols outlining who can access confidential materials, under what circumstances, and for how long.
    Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In this respect, the third plenum and the recent liquidity boost missed a trick in not outlining a Keynesian style stimulus for the economy (or even longer-run structural one).
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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