from memory
idiom
: without reading or looking at notes
She delivered the speech (entirely) from memory.
She can recite from memory the capitals of all the states of the U.S.
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Whether painted from memory or sketched on site, her animals seem to leap from their surfaces, propelled by an urgency that speaks to life lived on the edge.
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Friday’s performance—with Guerrero conducting from memory and mouthing along with the chorus — sounded as dotingly prepared as the rest of the program, but with an unbridled emotional palette.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
The surviving private restaurants are so rare that many brokers can recite the addresses from memory.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2025
Even as her latest release fades from memory, fans are turning to one of her more recent smashes in large enough numbers to push it back to multiple tallies at the same time.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Friday’s performance—with Guerrero conducting from memory and mouthing along with the chorus — sounded as dotingly prepared as the rest of the program, but with an unbridled emotional palette.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
The surviving private restaurants are so rare that many brokers can recite the addresses from memory.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2025
Even as her latest release fades from memory, fans are turning to one of her more recent smashes in large enough numbers to push it back to multiple tallies at the same time.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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“From memory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20memory. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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