reminisces

verb

Definition of reminiscesnext
present tense third-person singular of reminisce
1
as in remembers

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2
as in ruminates

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reminisces
  1. remembers
  2. recalls
  3. contemplates
  4. analyzes
  5. explores
  6. weighs
  7. considers
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  • Kelly remembers the Colts’ playoff win in 2018, one year before Luck retired.
    James Boyd, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • For the famous pizza scene, Quintana remembers boxes of pizza lining the sidewalk.
    CBS News, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of remembers
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  • There were more than two dozen food recalls issued in December.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Civic Science recently revealed in a report that over 80 percent of Americans are worried about food recalls.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of recalls
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  • On Christmas Eve, facing financial ruin and disillusionment, George contemplates taking his life.
    JOHN DEALBREUIN Wealth of Geeks, Boston Herald, 26 Dec. 2024
  • And now, as the store nears closing time, one of the tour participants contemplates what size leg lamp might look best in her house.
    Annie Zaleski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of contemplates
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  • Automation handles repetitive tasks and analyzes large data sets, freeing human experts to focus on more complex issues.
    Seemant Sehgal, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Unlike much management writing, which tends to seize on one problematic aspect of organizational performance, for which superficial fixes are offered as patches to solve the immediate problem, the article analyzes the overall performance of firms as multi-dimensional complex adaptive systems.
    Steve Denning, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of analyzes
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  • Kennedy’s powerful book, which explores Goddard’s life as well as the author’s own, sets the record straight.
    Michael Schaub, Orange County Register, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Her first collection of short stories explores the lives of Indigenous people across various timelines and locations.
    Michael Schaub, Orange County Register, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of explores
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  • For Black graduates, race weighs heavily on the social and economic outcomes associated with a college degree.
    Michael Collins, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Due to its smaller size, the LFS weighs 480 lb (218 kg).
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of weighs
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  • The Philippines considers karaoke a national pastime, and the people around you are constantly crooning into their Magic Sing microphones or portable karaoke machines.
    Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Scott, who considers Stiller both his boss and a friend, justified the show’s painstaking development process as necessary for quality control.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of considers
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