photographic memory

noun

: an unusual ability to remember things completely and exactly as they were seen, read, etc.

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Blessed with a photographic memory, the 75-year-old Sullenberger — one of the nation’s most famous aviators since Charles Lindbergh — began periodically forgetting things. — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026

With, of course, a perfect photographic memory of thousands of soccer games. — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 4 June 2026

His near-photographic memory and love of sports allowed him at the age of 10 to start memorizing all the winners of the Heisman Trophy – awarded annually to the top player in college football – that date back to 1935. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2026

Easy come, easy go Learning, for instance, came effortlessly because of what strikes his mother as a photographic memory. — Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for photographic memory

• emery