Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
recount . - noun An act in which something is
recounted
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- noun an act of narration
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Examples
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The difficulty of "getting it right" in recounting the experiences of the "shy young man" becomes the novel's central conflict, memory and fiction unavoidably merging as the middle-aged author struggles to get the story told.
January 2010 2010
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And that is one of the problems, of course, in recounting her life.
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"It was a bid of incredible technical merit and social promise," Probst said Friday in recounting the Chicago effort.
One Year After Chicago 2016 Failure, US Olympic Committee Regroups AP 2010
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When the working class "hero" John Boehner choked up in recounting his humble roots, I said aloud, "will you remember that when you unleash Big Business to press its boot on the necks of workers?"
Jonathan Tasini: The State of Labor--Now Take To The Streets Jonathan Tasini 2010
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The difficulty of "getting it right" in recounting the experiences of the "shy young man" becomes the novel's central conflict, memory and fiction unavoidably merging as the middle-aged author struggles to get the story told.
Experimental Fiction 2010
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"It was a bid of incredible technical merit and social promise," Probst said Friday in recounting the Chicago effort.
One Year After Chicago 2016 Failure, US Olympic Committee Regroups AP 2010
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"It was a bid of incredible technical merit and social promise," Probst said Friday in recounting the Chicago effort.
One Year After Chicago 2016 Failure, US Olympic Committee Regroups AP 2010
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But in recounting the good old days of traditional mail, we shouldn't forget that they weren't always as precious as we like to imagine.
Mourn Snail Mail? No Way. Danny Heitman 2010
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"It was a bid of incredible technical merit and social promise," Probst said Friday in recounting the Chicago effort.
One Year After Chicago 2016 Failure, US Olympic Committee Regroups AP 2010
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The difficulty of "getting it right" in recounting the experiences of the "shy young man" becomes the novel's central conflict, memory and fiction unavoidably merging as the middle-aged author struggles to get the story told.
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