in/within living memory
idiom
: during a time that can be remembered by people who are still alive
These events occurred within living memory.
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The 78th Festival featured one of the most political opening ceremonies in living memory.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
An abrupt and widespread blackout, one of Europe’s worst in living memory, affected the entire Iberian Peninsula on April 28.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 May 2025
To compose a petition, which can be hundreds of pages long, the postulator enlists the help of historians or, if the candidate died within living memory, interviews those who knew them.
—Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
The same just is not true for Newcastle, even if returning to UEFA’s top table for a second campaign in the past three years would be transformative financially, give them a greater chance of retaining key players and ensure this really is the club’s most successful season in living memory.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 9 May 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
An abrupt and widespread blackout, one of Europe’s worst in living memory, affected the entire Iberian Peninsula on April 28.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 May 2025
To compose a petition, which can be hundreds of pages long, the postulator enlists the help of historians or, if the candidate died within living memory, interviews those who knew them.
—Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
The same just is not true for Newcastle, even if returning to UEFA’s top table for a second campaign in the past three years would be transformative financially, give them a greater chance of retaining key players and ensure this really is the club’s most successful season in living memory.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 9 May 2025
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“In/within living memory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%2Fwithin%20living%20memory. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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