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 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
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
Recognition and reminiscence imply that our present and future experiences are just like our past experiences; discovery implies that we can experience something that no one has ever experienced before.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Elliptical, digressing, self-interrupting, parenthesizing, Herzen wrote as he spoke, in a torrent of ideas, reminiscences, and literary and historical allusions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Birdwell, who lost her home in Berry Creek, still thinks of that cabin as a “slice of heaven” and reminiscences “about how life used to be.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 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
Frank was working to publish his father’s letters, as well as reminiscences he culled from the autobiography Charles had written.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
Vocabulary lists containing reminiscence
Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience" (1849)
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Civil Disobedience
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