recollected

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One of them recollected with wonder the way music was “visible throughout his entire body.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The couple married in 1959 — Nancy, she later recollected, took three days to say yes after he proposed.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2024

And even if it is recollected, mechanical recycling struggles with mixed waste streams.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2023

Abby therefore spends the night imagining her way through the various rooms of her own life, attempting to attach each beat of her speech to a recollected physical space.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023

Sergeant Maples recollected for the court his astonishment in early 1943 when the 442nd—composed of Nisei boys—began training at Camp Shelby.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson