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as in describes
to give an oral or written account of in some detail
recited the funny story of how he and his girlfriend met
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as in lists
to specify one after another
the Declaration of Independence recites a long list of grievances against King George III
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Recent Examples of recites
King’s recites the Nicene Creed weekly, rare among evangelical churches.
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Tara Palmeri, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
Episodes are bound together by banal introductory voiceover, in which our narrator recites ominous clichés that, like everything in His & Hers, border on parody.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
The bright-eyed bear, named after writer Edgar Allan Poe, generates stories based on that selection and recites them aloud.
—Queenie Wong, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2026
Once the camera’s red light goes on, Amaarae slips the device away and recites her questions from memory.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
The two develop a close bond as Molina recites the story of his favorite movie, starring Luna.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Every morning, Elia recites the traditional Jewish morning prayers out loud.
—Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Instead, Arthur recites some Shakespeare and settles into a sulk after discovering some plans Edward has not shared with him.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
In the film’s opening scene, a white schoolgirl recites a list of the materials.
—Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recites
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Lopez describes her daughter as an energetic, talkative child who speaks both English and Spanish.—
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Among the more moving cases that Blair describes are those of people who in life were vulnerable and powerless but in death were considered formidable threats.—
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One of the comments on Jessie James Decker’s video suggests rolling the cookies in shredded coconut, and my mom’s recipe also lists this as optional.—
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So far, the Abbey's official website lists the bell-ringing schedule for the first half of the year.—
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Godfall tells the story of a small Nebraska town, which becomes the center of the world when a giant alien crash lands out of the sky beside it.—
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The survivor tells her story of trauma and healing in this memoir.—
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Persun says her community didn't push back against her shift into new content spaces, and in turn, her audience expanded.—
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The civil lawsuit says ICE and Border Patrol personnel have illegally stopped and detained people without probable cause or warrants.—
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To learn the safest ways to use space heaters, Joshua Gunn, vice president of DREO, outlines the dos and don'ts of this winter gadget.—
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There’s no single gold-standard exercise regimen for women in midlife, although Lyon outlines a few types of protocols in her new book.—
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George Clooney narrates, the voice of Thoreau is provided by Jeff Goldblum, and Ted Danson, Tate Donovan, and Meryl Streep also lend a hand.—
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And the actor who narrates the opening scene, describing an essay Nora wrote as a child that anthropomorphized the family home, is Bente Børsum.—
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The Tribune repeats his charge that AIPAC influenced local Orthodox rabbis to pressure Leon to drop out of the race.—
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The process repeats itself over and over again.—
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The new paper by the CERN SPS team, published in the journal Nature Communications, details how the team used advanced models to determine the effectiveness of nuclear deflection.—
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The complaint details several other similar incidents, including one where the company claimed reimbursement for a client who was in jail for a little more than a week in 2022.—
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“Recites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recites. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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