- present participle of recount.
recounting
Example Sentences
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“We had a lot of work to do,” Wang said, recounting his early months at Meta on the Core Memory podcast earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“It was a little hard for me to breathe, and my eyes started burning a lot,” she said in Spanish, recounting the incident to a reporter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
But an email seen by ProPublica suggests that someone must have relayed the news of Kao’s donation to Collins, just like Reed promised to do in Kao’s recounting of the Corner Bakery meeting.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Andreessen's writing began with him recounting lies he claimed people were spreading, and called for readers to push back against this.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mrs. Leftwich and Mama exchanged pleasantries, and I entertained myself counting and recounting the silverware.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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