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recollection

[rek-uh-lek-shuhn] / ˌrɛk əˈlɛk ʃən /
NOUN
remembrance
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Recollection of better times further burdens the characters in C.A.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2018

Debra Tate is the sister of the late Sharon Tate, author of Sharon Tate: Recollection and founder of noparoleformansonfamily.com.

From Time • Jul. 25, 2016

Recollection isn't always easy, though, what with Germans born after the fall of the Wall now making up 24% of the country's population.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2015

Q. No Recollection of Bullying: I attempted to touch base with a high school classmate on Facebook.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2012

He’d felt Gingersnipes’s heavy shame during the Recollection.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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