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Recommend comes from Latin roots meaning what?

recommend

[rek-uh-mend] / ˌrΙ›k Ι™ΛˆmΙ›nd /


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"I recommend giving the shares directly to the public," he wrote on X.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Other delivery workers pointed out that the apps themselves sometimes recommend spectacularly inappropriate replacements, leaving shoppers to make sense of suggestions generated by software.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

"I think those are the kind of things that I would recommend people to have as well as well as Twiglets, I'm not sure I can get by without, for too long without those."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

I recommend spending some time with the list to understand why these boards stood out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

And we do further earnestly recommend it to all humane and benevolent persons in this Colony to explain and make known this our offer of mercy to those unfortunate people.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

She recommends leaving your oven door open after using it to help warm your kitchen, though this isn't advised if you have small children who could injure themselves.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The medical body instead tells women to discuss with their doctor the pros and cons of taking these drugs while breast-feeding, but recommends waiting until the baby is one month old before considering their use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The review also recommends that the government sets up a type of hotline where school leaders can access immediate advice on tackling antisemitism.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

The utility recommends setting air conditioners to 78 degrees, closing curtains during peak sun hours and using fans to circulate the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Lighthouse International recommends 16 to 18 point font depending upon typefaces.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Although medications help many patients manage their condition, a substantial number continue to have blood pressure readings above recommended targets even while receiving treatment.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

I was surprised by his meniscus-only recommendation, especially because the other three surgeons had breezily recommended the full reconstruction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The initiative was recommended by a special committee established by Meta’s board to advise on the company’s capital structure.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Vail has recommended that its shareholders reject all of the Oasis candidates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

She had high animal spirits, and a sort of natural self-consequence, which the attentions of the officers, to whom her uncle’s good dinners and her own easy manners recommended her, had increased into assurance.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

"The concerns to me were that Hall was recommending treatment for patients that he hadn't assessed, that he hadn't met, and that other GPs were uncomfortable with prescribing," Redvers said.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Amid the 2026 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, videos of a doctor recommending Vitamin D3 and zinc spread from accounts selling supplements, despite these being unable to treat the disease.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Howard said Monday that he’s recommending clients use a bond “ladder” strategy to seize the opportunity by buying individual bonds, mutual funds or exchange-traded funds, with a range of short to intermediate maturities.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

The director would be able to manage public works projects, including construction, buying or leasing property, exercising eminent domain with City Council approval, granting street permits, regulating parking and recommending budgets for the department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

On August 11, he drafted a memo to John Ehrlichman recommending: “A covert operation be undertaken to examine all the medical files still held by Ellsberg’s psychoanalyst.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin


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