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recollect

[rek-uh-lekt] / ˌrɛk əˈlɛkt /


Example Sentences

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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

Those are words that penetrate, ones that recollect certain names and call forth our senses.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025

He tries a chip but is unable to recollect.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024

We passed houses which I knew well by daylight but couldn’t recollect in the swarthy gloom.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou