recollected

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Happily, Mr. Hamilton, who retains his boyish handsomeness, infuses this recollected ardor with convincing feeling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

As Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell recollected in a speech last month, “the good ship Transitory was a crowded one, with most mainstream analysts and advanced-economy central bankers on board.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

And even if it is recollected, mechanical recycling struggles with mixed waste streams.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2023

Discussing his time at school, Spielberg said his "only ticket" to popularity was making small movies and recollected getting the captain of the football team to dedicate a whole Saturday to star in a film.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2022

“If I had the true historical sense,” McMillan recollected, “as soon as I woke up in the morning I would have written down in a notebook: ‘I made a big invention last night.’

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik