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recollect

[rek-uh-lekt] / ˌrɛk əˈlɛkt /


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We made a registry to allow our friends and family to help us recollect the basics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

I recollect that my mother left her jewelry box and its contents to me.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025

I just assume he couldn't recollect or revel in discussions about Count Basie and Duke Ellington and sitting on the bandstand and blowing trumpet with many other people, especially in Hollywood.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

He tries a chip but is unable to recollect.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024

It ’mazes me, Jeth, it does fer a fact, the way you kin recollect all the things Shad tells you and how you kin put them from his way of talkin’ into mine.”

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt