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as in recollection
the power or process of recalling what has been previously learned or experienced
a photographic memory makes taking tests entirely too easy
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as in memorial
a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered
I have only the vaguest memory of the family vacation we took the year I turned three
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Recent Examples of memory
But perhaps the thrush has no memory of this.
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María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
While energy costs have been this high in recent memory, the costs of everything else across the economy, from food to health care, have increased dramatically.
—Noe Padilla, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
The garden revealed itself gradually, almost the way memory does.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2026
In fact, Nvidia demoed the technology using not one but two GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards—each starting at $1,999, though actual pricing has since risen far higher due to the ongoing memory shortage.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
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María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
While energy costs have been this high in recent memory, the costs of everything else across the economy, from food to health care, have increased dramatically.
—Noe Padilla, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
The garden revealed itself gradually, almost the way memory does.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2026
In fact, Nvidia demoed the technology using not one but two GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards—each starting at $1,999, though actual pricing has since risen far higher due to the ongoing memory shortage.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memory
recollection
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Body Mists Instead of staying stranded in nostalgic recollections of your middle school gym bag, body mists have actually grown up right alongside us.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2026
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All the hiccups now blend together in his recollections.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Memory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memory. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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