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recollection

[rek-uh-lek-shuhn] / ˌrɛk əˈlɛk ʃən /
NOUN
remembrance
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Winning the Oscar for “The Accidental Tourist” was a more pleasant recollection for Davis, although she was thrown by a bizarre incident as she was relaxing a few hours before the ceremony.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

“Oh, yes, the boring religious one,” a friend said with something of a sigh, asked if she had any better recollection than I about Mary Bennet, the middle child in Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

“Even in Argentina there, my recollection is there have been about three superspreader events,” said Gregory Mertz, an infectious-disease doctor at the University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center who studies the hantavirus.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

"I have no recollection of impact of what happened," she tells BBC London.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

As with most visits, the greatest pleasure often lies in the recollection of it, but this time, I could not stop worrying about my mother.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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