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
Verb
  • But in Piazza’s phone calls with aunts, uncles, and cousins, everyone remembers the story a little differently.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • His father remembers visiting Scott around this time and driving around with him between casting calls.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of remembers
Verb
  • Food recalls remind us that even with modern farming and technology, mistakes happen.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • As Giles recalls, Austin was well known among city officials and leaders.
    Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of recalls
Verb
  • 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
  • In her essay, Jay also contemplates whether headlines about her divorce affected her career opportunities and relationships with patients.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of contemplates
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Season 3, In Guns We Trust, explores how guns came to be such a central part of our national culture.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Curious History of Your Home This podcast explores the creation of genius household inventions that people have long taken for granted, such as clocks, toilets, and wallpaper.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of explores
Verb
  • For Black graduates, race weighs heavily on the social and economic outcomes associated with a college degree.
    Michael Collins, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In the alleged message, Nathan weighs the power of Lively’s fanbase while discussing a potential social media plan that would help suppress negative content about Baldoni and amplify negative content about Lively, according to the complaint.
    Rachel DeSantis, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of weighs
Verb
  • 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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