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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
Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 6 Feb. 2025
The Duchess of Sussex recounted the emotional encounter Tuesday on Instagram.
—Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2025
Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Jan. 2025
The same court last week ordered a recount of the first-round votes, adding to the myriad controversies that have engulfed a chaotic election cycle.
—Stephen McGrath, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Walt Disney: The First Imagineer Feb. 21 Former Imagineer Tom Morris will recount the birth in 1952 of WED Enterprises — the precursor to Walt Disney Imagineering, the secretive creative laboratory where theme park designers create Disney’s fantasy worlds and attractions.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 6 Feb. 2025
The Duchess of Sussex recounted the emotional encounter Tuesday on Instagram.
—Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2025
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In 2022, there were a number of close races in the state including an Arizona attorney general race in which Democrat Kris Mayes narrowly defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh, one of the closest elections in state history, following a recount.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Jan. 2025
The same court last week ordered a recount of the first-round votes, adding to the myriad controversies that have engulfed a chaotic election cycle.
—Stephen McGrath, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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First Lady Melania Trump in December described her son as a key voice in the Trump campaign’s decision to appeal to voters through non-traditional media forms, such as podcasts.—
Jackson Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2025
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Stephen Curry, for one night, returned to old Oracle Arena, where the soul lives on What one sentence describes your reaction to the Dončić-Lakers trade?—
Joe Vardon,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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This listing could be a great starter home, offering just the right amount of interior space for a primary bedroom, while the other room could be used for a home office.—
Alexis Clinton,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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However, some governments have decriminalized possession of the drug in small amounts.—
Edward Szekeres,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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Bill co-sponsors Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, and Senate Majority Leader Lori Den Hartog, R-Meridian, told the committee that eligible families would receive up to $5,000 per child through a refundable tax credit for educational expenses, or $7,500 per child with disabilities.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Feb. 2025
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King, who’s been selling appliances at Abt Electronics in Glenview for about 21 years, was seeking guidance about what to tell customers worried about tariffs.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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Debuting in September 2010, Blue Bloods ran for 15 seasons, producing 293 episodes in total.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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Buyers will see a slate of 12 new docs in total, including sneak peaks of upcoming projects.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2025
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The former journalist premiered her first film Witch Hunt at the Toronto Film Festival, which was exec produced and narrated by Sean Penn and was purchased by MSNBC Films.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
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John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office, a film written and directed by Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens and narrated by Chloë Sevigny, is looking to make a splash with its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on Monday evening.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
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On the whole, Jimpa is rough around the edges, but Lithgow’s interpretation of the mess of our humanity is pitch-perfect.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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One of them was compositionality: the ability to compose or decompose a whole into parts that can be reused.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Feb. 2025
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Season 1 and 2 chronicled Kitty’s time at the Korean Independent School of Seoul during the two semesters of her junior year of high school.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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In his more than two decades of writing about the world of sports, he’s chronicled everything from high school rodeo to a major league baseball no-hitter to the Super Bowl to the Finals.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2025
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The United States spent exorbitant sums to defeat Nazism, rebuild Europe and defend the continent against the Soviet Union.—
German Lopez,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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The emails appeared to show Musk acknowledging the need for the company to make large sums of money to fund the computing resources needed to power its AI ambitions, which stood in contrast to the claims in his lawsuit that OpenAI was wrongly pursuing profit.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Recount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recount. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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