in/within living memory
Definition of in/within living memory
: during a time that can be remembered by people who are still alive These events occurred within living memory.
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: having life
: active, functioning
: exhibiting the life or motion of nature : natural
: the condition of being alive
: means of subsistence : livelihood
: estate, property
: the power or process of reproducing or recalling what has been learned and retained especially through associative mechanisms
: the store of things learned and retained from an organism's activity or experience as evidenced by modification of structure or behavior or by recall and recognition
: commemorative remembrance
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