reminiscence
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That’s because the years from adolescence into early adulthood form what memory researchers call the reminiscence bump, when we forge our strongest musical memories.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
"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 mood you were in at the time of reminiscence left emotional fingerprints on the memory, as neurons activated by your mental environment synced up with those activated by the recollection.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025
With him, during some previous period of boyhood reminiscence, of confidences exchanged.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing reminiscence
Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience" (1849)
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"Civil Disobedience," Vocabulary from the essay
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Civil Disobedience
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