recollected

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Given what’s recollected in director Michael Pack’s documentary, it seems that very little will ever be forgotten, certainly not by those who fought the battles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

The couple married in 1959 — Nancy, she later recollected, took three days to say yes after he proposed.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2024

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

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2023

Abby therefore spends the night imagining her way through the various rooms of her own life, attempting to attach each beat of her speech to a recollected physical space.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023

One night a lieutenant named Jim Kent recollected how the former radioman had taken an interest in a dead Japanese boy with his pants turned inside out around his muddy ankles.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson