reminiscence
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"At Walpole we spend our lives preserving the past for the education and enjoyment for the next generations and reminiscence for those of us who lived it," she added.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
“The combined drop in the dollar, equities and Treasuries was a reminiscence of the ‘sell America’ days of last spring,” said Pesole at ING.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
The reminiscence we now know as a holiday classic began as two projects, a 1945 BBC broadcast and a 1947 magazine article.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Recently, Rowntree spoke with The Times about all its trials and tribulations — and, perhaps, indulge in some reminiscence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
“We were eating leather from the seats and bows of saddles,’’ rims one all-too-typical reminiscence.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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“Every time we text about our teenage years, I’m amazed we survived,” someone else wrote, kicking off a flurry of reminiscences about our misadventures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
She reminiscences about her friend Klara, whom she’d grown close to and says “propelled me as a writer.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
The concert will feature readings, reminiscences and music from performers such as Samantha Barks and Toploader, plus a nostalgic revival of the BBC wartime comedy Dad's Army.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025
But it was a bit nerve-racking initially, given that “halting reminiscences about the 1940s” are exactly the kind of thing Joe probably does not want voters associating with him at the moment.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2024
His dialect was strong, and he used many names of people, places, customs, tools, that I did not know the meaning of, so I seldom caught more than the drift of his reminiscences.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Vocabulary lists containing reminiscence
Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience" (1849)
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