long memory
noun
: the ability to remember things that happened long ago
elderly people with long memories
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Recent books have identified the target and attempted close examination, but tracing the genealogy of Murdoch sleaze requires a long memory.
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Andrew O’Hagan, New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2026
Iran is a country with a long memory of foreign interference and a deep cultural aversion to outsiders determining their fate.
—Omid Memarian, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
For Trump, who prizes loyalty and has a long memory for slights, an allegiance to Japan solidified early in his first term.
—Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
So Rene, for his part, has a long memory of strains and ruptures in U.S.-French relationship, like the angry 1960s French protests against the U.S. role in Vietnam, which the French colonial forces had lost in 1954.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
But this is a country with a long memory of ecological experiments gone awry.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Though the charges ultimately did not stick, the Internet has a long memory.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
One of the obvious advantages of an institution as ancient as the Catholic Church is its long memory: its ability to see beyond the crisis of the day and the mood of the moment.
—Katherine Kelaidis, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Andrew O’Hagan, New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2026
Iran is a country with a long memory of foreign interference and a deep cultural aversion to outsiders determining their fate.
—Omid Memarian, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
For Trump, who prizes loyalty and has a long memory for slights, an allegiance to Japan solidified early in his first term.
—Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
So Rene, for his part, has a long memory of strains and ruptures in U.S.-French relationship, like the angry 1960s French protests against the U.S. role in Vietnam, which the French colonial forces had lost in 1954.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
But this is a country with a long memory of ecological experiments gone awry.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Though the charges ultimately did not stick, the Internet has a long memory.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
One of the obvious advantages of an institution as ancient as the Catholic Church is its long memory: its ability to see beyond the crisis of the day and the mood of the moment.
—Katherine Kelaidis, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Long memory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20memory. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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