REMINDS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

reminds

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present tense third-person singular of remind

as in remembers

to make (someone) think about something again She'll forget to call the doctor if you don't remind her. Remind me to buy some groceries after work. I constantly have to be reminded how to pronounce her name. I had to remind him that we were supposed to leave early.

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Recent Examples of reminds The bench is positioned so that the sunset is clearly visible in the evening, a daily event that Mollie says reminds her of Fletcher. — Conor Wight, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 There’s the professional type, who highlights a gem’s specs and reminds the live feed of the stone’s typical retail value. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2026 Sekhavat said the situation reminds him how some Muslims living in the United States following the 9/11 attacks sought sanctuary in Canada. — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026 Leda, a musician with a mystical vihuela, is hell-bent on revenge in a way that reminds me of Ghost of Yōtei’s Atsu. — Jay Peters, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2026 But Naipaul reminds us about how ubiquitous premonitions of catastrophe and doom were in the 1970s. — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026 The debate reminds me a little of conversations in the mid-to-late 1970s, when inexpensive four-function calculators became popular. — Larry Magid, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026 The fossil record reminds us that forests can recover, but only if humanity avoids pushing them beyond thresholds from which recovery takes tens of thousands of years. — Regan E. Dunn, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026 The work of today's craftspeople reminds us that craftsmanship has never stood still. — Divia Thani, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026

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Garfield remembers being fascinated by the rows of VHS tapes and the possibilities behind their covers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Her father drank apple juice, romped in the garden, and remembers his time in Madras fondly.

— Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

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Deb Giller recalls his final moments with Senior Investigative Reporter Jennifer Mayerle.

— Jennifer Mayerle, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Food safety experts say that the accumulation of outbreaks this summer is striking but that tracking the number of outbreaks — or recalls, for that matter — isn’t the best way to capture the risk from foodborne pathogens.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

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