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Recent Examples of flashback
The world economy is experiencing a disorienting flashback to the 1970s.
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ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
There was always this idea of a flashback going back to when Ed was captured in Korea.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
In a flashback at the end of episode three, June meets Daisy at a diner and reveals the truth about Daisy’s adoptive parents’ connection to Mayday.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Enter our flashback machine set for the (gulp) 1900s.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
There was always this idea of a flashback going back to when Ed was captured in Korea.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
In a flashback at the end of episode three, June meets Daisy at a diner and reveals the truth about Daisy’s adoptive parents’ connection to Mayday.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Enter our flashback machine set for the (gulp) 1900s.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flashback
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This mirrors what clinicians already do manually — pulling together notes, lab results, and patient recollections to reconstruct a narrative.—
Celina Yong,
STAT,
16 Apr. 2026
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Participants retrieved richer, more vivid details, including recollections of specific places, emotions and sensory perceptions.—
Utkarsh Gupta,
Scientific American,
15 Apr. 2026
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Subscribe to the free Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter, join our Chicagoland history Facebook group, stay current with Today in Chicago History and follow us on Instagram for more from Chicago’s past.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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There, Sam unleashes reams upon reams of monologues about their past at a teary Mary, who fills in a few gaps.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
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As Cook exits, Apple faces numerous challenges, including an intricate supply chain that's complicated by geopolitical tensions and soaring prices for memory due to unprecedented demand from the AI buildout.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Not every prom night memory can or should be passed along to the grandkids.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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The movie’s point of view is established with a brief opening voice-over by a woman named Sasha, whose reminiscences of childhood, and of her brother Jeremy, make up the bulk of the film.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Criminal elements stepped into the void, bringing chaos and reminiscences of the straight, stable life under Leonid Brezhnev.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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And in the neighboring small town of Monteagle, search for prized possessions from yesteryear at Oakes & Oliver’s Modern Mercantile, a vast repository of vintage pottery, heirloom china, antique furniture, and more.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
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Accompanying the hard-hitting track about a type of individual lost to yesteryear is a touching music video starring none other than Gary Sinise of Apollo 13 and Forrest Gump fame.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
1 Apr. 2026
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Further, the voluntary recall is at the retailer level, as agreed with the FDA, meaning that patients do not need to take any action.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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The recall was given the second-highest risk level, Class II, but contact your healthcare provider before stopping the drug suddenly.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
16 Apr. 2026
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Nowhere has the flipping of the form books been more striking than in La Liga, where two weekends ago — for only the third time in history — each of the bottom five teams picked up maximum points.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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Sixteen original structures are on the property, along with two permanent exhibitions about the history of the transatlantic slave trade and slavery in Louisiana.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
21 Apr. 2026
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Krasner was also the third woman ever to receive a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, after Georgia O’Keefe in the 1940s and Louise Bourgeois in the 1980s—a reminder that institutional recognition has long outpaced market confidence.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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And each served as a reminder that even in times of despair, our nation is still turning out good people, humble people, talented people, people determined to move the world forward through hard work, compassion and teamwork.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Flashback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flashback. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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