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[mem-uh-ree] / ˈmɛm ə ri /




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Trauma-informed policing recognizes that trauma can affect behavior, memory, emotion, and a survivor’s ability to recount an experience—and that investigative practices themselves can either reduce or compound that trauma and any subsequent investigative challenges.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

She still shakes her head at the memory of being named best new artist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

They’re claiming it can improve attention span, mood and memory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Storage and memory components are in short supply, allowing manufacturers to sell their current offerings at high prices and realize strong profitability.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Your plan to show up Eugene Hammond as a tenderfoot at the butchering,” I said to refresh his memory.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Trauma can affect how memories are encoded and recalled.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

Sonos CMO Colleen DeCourcy is surrounding herself with creative “player-coaches” and opening a “creative cultural space” in New York as she strives to move the brand past memories of its botched app update.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Painful memories force her to confront first her own choices, then personal grief and finally, the family secrets that provide the novel’s distinctly elegiac and holistic tone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Indeed, I had blocked out most memories of that 2004 Fox reality train wreck until Carr’s documentary reached into my mind’s cobwebby attic and retrieved its cabinet of horrors.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

The sign explains that the Unremarkables had their memories wiped after they left here.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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