total recall

noun

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as in hypermnesia

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Recent Examples of total recall The total recall amounts to more than 2 million cases of doughnuts, fritters, paczki, eclairs and munchkins. — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025 The fiscal year ending in October 2024 saw 1,908 total recalls, including food and cosmetic products. — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025 Instead, the greatest value will be in second-generation applications that provide total recall and augmented cognition. — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for total recall
  1. thinking
  2. memory
  3. recollection
  4. mind
  5. reminiscence
  6. remembrance
Noun
  • The sweet moment melted hearts across TikTok, with many users praising the girlfriend's quick thinking and dedication.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Eye health has a direct impact on mental clarity, strategic thinking and decision-making efficiency.
    — Dr Chibuzor Uwadi, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of thinking
Noun
  • The tags pointed to a publicly available file that copies the internal memory of severs running it, searches for credentials, and writes them to a log.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2025
  • But measles can destroy the cells that retain those memories.
    — Maria Godoy, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of memory
Noun
  • Bhogal’s recollection of their conversation — their only call — offers the most detailed public account of Mangione during the months leading up to his arrest.
    — Lorena O'Neil, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
  • 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.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of recollection
Noun
  • Keep in mind that power lines that are laying on the ground may be live.
    — KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Also important to keep in mind: always file your extension electronically.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of mind
Noun
  • In a novel stuffed with reminiscences of past relationships, regret is startlingly absent.
    — Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
  • In addition to our regular news coverage, our final edition includes reminiscences from current staff members on A4, in addition to Part 2 of a newspaper history written by McLeod County Museum Director Brian Haines, which appears on B1.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Definition of reminiscence
Noun
  • Special books that Reynolds had bound were given to their authors in remembrance of her, but everything else stayed together as the Mary Reynolds Collection and was gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago (where her brother was a trustee).
    — Karen Chernick, ARTnews.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Choosing that day was an intentional move, delegitimizing the mourning and remembrance of the Jewish community, especially considering Israel’s military response didn’t start in earnest until Oct. 10.
    — Ellia M Torkian, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of remembrance

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