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recollection

[rek-uh-lek-shuhn] / ˌrɛk əˈlɛk ʃən /
NOUN
remembrance
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New research suggests that this kind of recollection may involve more than the brain alone.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Livesey said he had "no recollection" of introducing the young woman to Sullivan and that it was "not part" of his job to do so.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

Add to this the recollection of that magical moment when the cult members realized they were in a cult.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Winning the Oscar for “The Accidental Tourist” was a more pleasant recollection for Davis, although she was thrown by a bizarre incident as she was relaxing a few hours before the ceremony.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

“I was to Holland once,” he said, voice wistful with recollection.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

There is a marked difference in conversations with colleagues whose recollections are based on his time in Westminster, or Burnham 2.0 in the North West of England.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

But whether it was from Jefferson’s faulty recollections or Trumbull’s artistic liberties, or both, the resulting scene bears little resemblance to how it really was.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

While he had no recollections of her, and said his adopted parents had been "brilliant", Barker felt robbed of memories of his biological mother.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

The recollections are told, often, as if the person interviewed is back at a time when Parker seemed like a simple, bubbly, unaffected Texas belle.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

These can be gleaned only from the recollections of his associates, who uniformly described him as insistently supporting Neylan’s position.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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