memory lane
noun
: an imaginary path through the nostalgically remembered past
—usually used in such phrases as a walk down memory lane
Visiting the old neighborhood was a walk down memory lane.
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Extrapolating from the way Jaime rides a shopping cart (like a 10-year-old, zooming through the frozen food section with both feet off the ground), these grocery aisles are like memory lane.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Ahead, take a walk down memory lane and see all 12 dresses that Taylor Swift has worn to the Grammy Awards over the years.
—Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
Yin Mang to wax poetic and Capadonna to visit old haunts and walk down memory lane.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
Fresh off the 2016 social media trend, Rachel Bilson is tapping into a little nostalgia of her own by taking a trip down relationship memory lane.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 Jan. 2026
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Ahead, take a walk down memory lane and see all 12 dresses that Taylor Swift has worn to the Grammy Awards over the years.
—Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
Yin Mang to wax poetic and Capadonna to visit old haunts and walk down memory lane.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
Fresh off the 2016 social media trend, Rachel Bilson is tapping into a little nostalgia of her own by taking a trip down relationship memory lane.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Memory lane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memory%20lane. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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