How to Use in/within living memory in a Sentence

in/within living memory

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  • Wildfires in 2021 were some of the most severe in living memory.
    — Mikhal Weiner, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2021
  • But the storm that slammed into the west coast of Alaska last week was without an equal — at least not in living memory here.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2022
  • But, because of climate change, this one would be worse than any in living memory.
    — New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Pluto is arriving in your sign for the first time in living memory, and will remain here for decades to come.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
  • But Putin’s war in Ukraine may be testing that perceived glory more than at any time in living memory.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 28 July 2023
  • In the villages around Akole, no leopard had killed anyone in living memory.
    — Vidya Athreya, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2023
  • This White House has launched some of the most aggressive antitrust policies in living memory.
    — J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The Russians came to Berlin as conquerors within living memory and even ruled a quarter of Germany by proxy until 1991.
    — Radek Sikorski, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
  • Will Smith walking up on stage and slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars was among the most stunning live television moments in living memory.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Blanksma was the first majority leader in living memory to lose her position mid-session and the first woman to serve in the role.
    — Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 12 Feb. 2024
  • In addition to bringing the country to the brink of its second civil war in living memory, the political crisis cost the lives ...
    — Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Perhaps not in living memory have its members held so little faith in or so much skepticism of the Big Ten home office itself.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2023
  • Both expeditions were still within living memory at the time and haunted the thoughts of the temporary residents of Wrangel.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2023
  • The peaceful transfer of power has never been in question in living memory until now.
    — Michael Tackett and Calvin Woodward, Star Tribune, 14 Nov. 2020
  • The die-off, the biggest in living memory, quickly led to an investigation.
    — Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Partition displaced tens of millions of people and caused loss of life and property that remains in living memory for many.
    — Deepa Das Acevedo, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Swaths of Pakistan are now underwater, after the heaviest rains on record triggered some of the country's worst floods in living memory.
    — Rachel Ramirez and Angela Dewan, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022
  • News of Disney’s spending plans comes as Tinseltown grapples with the biggest strike by both writers and actors in living memory.
    — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The virus is setting daily records in Europe as the continent contemplates the worst recession in living memory.
    — John Follain, Bloomberg.com, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Today because of the salience of race, and the prominence of the later wave of migration in the late 19th and early 20th century which remained vibrant in living memory for mod, these early divisions have moved out of sight.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2011
  • And the righteous is Mr. Bailey, a far-right state senator who is unlike any nominee the party has put forward for governor in living memory.
    — New York Times, 26 June 2022
  • In a city where segregation is still within living memory, this kind of approach feels urgent and necessary.
    — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 5 May 2023
  • Europe is going to test what can be achieved on war footing, in a rush almost unprecedented in living memory now that the World War II generation is nearly gone.
    — John Ainger, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Many Senate lifers seem convinced there was a time in living memory when the institution worked correctly, with the same rules that currently strangle it.
    — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Our political divides seem more intractable now than at any other time in living memory.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Because most people pay attention to the electoral college only when something goes awry, and both of the anomalies in living memory favored the GOP, a lot of people assume the electoral vote always leans Republican.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • But the Court has never in living memory taken the Constitution so seriously.
    — The Editors, National Review, 18 July 2024
  • For many, the invitation jars awkwardly with reality: There are more questions hanging over the new monarch and indeed the Windsor family itself than at any point in living memory.
    — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 6 May 2023
  • And unlike northern Turkey, this southeastern part of the country had not been hit by a major earthquake in living memory, meaning builders and construction firms were less likely to be careful in their construction methods.
    — David Luhnow, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The primary matchup between Mr. Nadler and Ms. Maloney may be one of the most bruising political spectacles in living memory, a crosstown clash between two respected party elders in the twilight of their careers.
    — New York Times, 30 May 2022

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