long memory

noun

: the ability to remember things that happened long ago
elderly people with long memories

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Being catty has long been Perez’s calling card, and the public, too, has a long memory. — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026 Epic historical fiction, with its long memory and changing themes, naturally aspires more to the symphony than the song. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026 But what sets the property apart is that it was built not as a modern mansion styled to resemble a colonial home, but as a personal West Coast homage to Mount Vernon, shaped by one woman’s long memory and a couple’s fascination with early American history. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026 These systems typically require long memory retention and constant communication between models operating simultaneously. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for long memory

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“Long memory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20memory. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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