recollection

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Defence Barrister John Kearney KC put it to the witness that McCullagh has no recollection of a physical row in the bathroom - "that it didn't happen."

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

She had told the court behind closed doors she had no recollection of what happened.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

During the Jewish diaspora, special volumes were created to preserve the recollection of towns and villages that had been erased in the Holocaust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

When Corletto confronted his boss about the alleged assault, McClurkin allegedly said he had no recollection and blamed Corletto’s behavior on medication.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Most annoyingly, her objections were not mere perversity: at this stage the embarrassing fact came out that my recollection of the water content of Rosy’s DNA samples could not be right.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson