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Recent Examples of misremember
Their time together can be imagined, misremembered, romanticized and smeared by the media, but the reality of their love was known only to them.
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Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026
Atkinson said, misremembering how good that Mavericks team actually was.
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Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Instead, this reboot might be misremembered as a direct-to-video curio — or rediscovered as a bad cult object destined to give some idiot cinephile alcohol poisoning.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
Dear Abby: As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions.
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Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
12 Dec. 2025
As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions.
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Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
12 Dec. 2025
Baby Boomers also tend to misremember seeing bloody scenes of battle.
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Time,
20 Sep. 2025
Silver’s comments mirror those of many others, including Democratic voters and Gov. Gavin Newsom, who are all clearly misremembering the recent past.
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Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
6 Sep. 2025
Thus, for the 100th anniversary of Phantom, Rolls-Royce delicately recreated the myth, placing a Phantom in pool water in England, with photographers and videographers there to ensure that it wouldn’t be misremembered, like Keith Moon.
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Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
25 Aug. 2025
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026
Atkinson said, misremembering how good that Mavericks team actually was.
—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Instead, this reboot might be misremembered as a direct-to-video curio — or rediscovered as a bad cult object destined to give some idiot cinephile alcohol poisoning.
—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
Dear Abby: As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions.
—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
12 Dec. 2025
As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions.
—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
12 Dec. 2025
Baby Boomers also tend to misremember seeing bloody scenes of battle.
—
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
Silver’s comments mirror those of many others, including Democratic voters and Gov. Gavin Newsom, who are all clearly misremembering the recent past.
—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
6 Sep. 2025
Thus, for the 100th anniversary of Phantom, Rolls-Royce delicately recreated the myth, placing a Phantom in pool water in England, with photographers and videographers there to ensure that it wouldn’t be misremembered, like Keith Moon.
—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misremember
Verb
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Swift will either ignore the noise as usual, or smile at the absurdity as a secure, proud childless cat lady.
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Not only were the rules misapplied, according to an expert referee with years of elite experience, but similar plays during this tournament have been ignored.
Verb
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Aaron Morris of San Francisco wanted to make sure the match would be one his father, Pancho, would never forget.
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Then, just as suddenly, the din fades away, the focus shifts and the election process is forgotten until the next round of howling protest.
Verb
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His father, who founded the Link Piano and Organ Company, probably disregarded the sketch as a young boy’s fantasy.
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For the next several months, Zaayer continued harassing both Shawna's family and the police by shouting at their grandchild, disregarding property lines and recording them and making false claims on social media, per The Guardian.
Verb
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Choice, vital for full-time employees, signifies agency and internal mobility, a dimension leaders often neglect.
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But more often than not, what does emerge has been neglected, destroyed or shoved back out of sight and out of the public mind, Frank and others note.
Verb
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Luckily for Rhaena, Lady Jeyne is a pragmatist — and one who feels slighted by Rhaenyra.
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Militia commanders were already feeling slighted by their British overlords, and London’s stranglehold on trade and manufacturing caused still more resentment.
Verb
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Firefighters are trained to use their limbs to hold the corners of the shelters to the ground and create the best possible seal from heat and gases as flames pass over them.
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Back in his coaching career, Cruyff was one of the first managers to be obsessed with the cut of the pitch — a trait that has passed over to his disciples, most notably the exacting Pep Guardiola.
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“Misremember.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misremember. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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