flashback

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Recent Examples of flashback Meg’s [Marinis, the Grey’s Anatomy showrunner] done such a beautiful job of sprinkling in these flashback moments. Katie Campione, Deadline, 7 May 2026 Earlier this week, FX release a bonus one-hour flashback episode that is a stand-alone story featuring Cousin Richie (Moss-Bachrach) and Mikey Berzatto (Jon Bernthal) on a daytrip to Gary, Indiana. Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026 But in this flashback, Richie’s more like the rough-around-the-edges guy from this series’ first season. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 May 2026 Moreover, Team Star Fox members Slippy, Peppy, and Falco briefly show up as part of an anime-style 2D flashback sequence. Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flashback
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Noun
  • On the basis of the free-flowing audio evidence and the warm recollections of the interviewers, the meeting went well, alive with a sense of purpose and engagement.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
  • Beenenga sketched the mural based on ideas and recollections from older adults interviewed by the Douglas County Housing Partnership.
    Olivia Young, CBS News, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • This is complicity spurred on by a certain kind of Western readers desire to maintain their romantic image of Russia’s past without having to engage critical with Russia’s present.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • When Yuri goes missing, Silvia’s childhood trauma comes to the surface, forcing the woman to confront a still very much present past.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • Human beings in 2026 know better than perhaps any other preceding generation the ephemeral nature of memory.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • Inside, vintage Jet magazine covers, family heirlooms, and historic photographs create an intimate space where food, memory, and community come together.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • The cruel cartoon of a constantly shrewish, venal, and disloyal Mary began cementing itself in the public mind when William Herndon, Lincoln’s Springfield law partner, started lecturing about his reminiscences within months of the President’s murder.
    Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Ah, reminiscences of days working on an oil rig gone by!
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Like the Kings and Blackhawks and Penguins and Lightning of yesteryear, the Avs have reached a different level, in rarefied air currently occupied by only Florida and Edmonton.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • Schoenbrun draws from the next well over in their new film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, which employs a fictional slasher movie of yesteryear as the portal into a conversation about self and desire.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • Consumers seeking a replacement voucher can visit the recall page on the company’s website, according to the notice.
    Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • Despite this—perhaps due to a lack of recall from the Cold War days of old—Americans now fear data centers more.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • The island, now almost entirely owned by Oracle mogul Larry Ellison, has a rich fishing history and was once a massive pineapple plantation (Dole had its headquarters here) and served as one of the world's largest pineapple producers.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
  • Jason Kidd oversaw perhaps the most chaotic stretch of basketball in Dallas Mavericks history.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Even though the major indices recovered mostly by the close, the intraday damage in semis, small caps, and long-duration growth stocks was a reminder of how quickly a narrow, crowded market can unwind when investors head for the exit.
    Tony Zhang, CNBC, 13 May 2026
  • In a world living in the shadow of the mushroom cloud, the vault was a grim reminder that after nearly two hundred years, the American experiment needed to be defended.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026

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“Flashback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flashback. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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