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as in memory
a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered
I have no recollection of ever saying that
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as in mind
the power or process of recalling what has been previously learned or experienced
the gradual recollection of that long-ago romance brought back both happy and painful feelings
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Recent Examples of recollection
The narrative runs through recollections of heading to Mother Emanuel with his parents and siblings as a child, the moment authorities confirmed his sister’s death and the state’s history of racial violence.
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Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Mar. 2025
No carpet, no decorations, and no recollection of Pike, 34, and their child, 2-month-old Destinii remained, except for a poster with their pictures sitting on top of a cabinet in the walk-in bedroom closet, where Destinii’s nursery had once been set up.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
For anyone with sharp recollections of the heady rush of first love and the obsessive fixation on one person to the exclusion of all else, Dreams will strike chords.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Chen and her colleagues were able to match brain activity recorded during participants’ recollections to specific scenes around 60 seconds long — for example, when Sherlock meets Watson.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
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Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Mar. 2025
No carpet, no decorations, and no recollection of Pike, 34, and their child, 2-month-old Destinii remained, except for a poster with their pictures sitting on top of a cabinet in the walk-in bedroom closet, where Destinii’s nursery had once been set up.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
For anyone with sharp recollections of the heady rush of first love and the obsessive fixation on one person to the exclusion of all else, Dreams will strike chords.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Chen and her colleagues were able to match brain activity recorded during participants’ recollections to specific scenes around 60 seconds long — for example, when Sherlock meets Watson.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for recollection
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“Recollection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recollection. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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