as in suggestive
provoking a memory or mental association
a sparkling winter day that was oddly reminiscent of summer in its cheering sunniness
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Recent Examples of reminiscent
Disco Occasionally with an Instagram post reminiscent of me on a night in.
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Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
That’s when Huerter shut the door on the Celtics, winning the game with a shot reminiscent of the one Hugo Gonzalez hit to force a second overtime 24 hours earlier.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
And, of course, being reminiscent of my own experience of having been a Girl Scout in California.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 25 Jan. 2026
Marines can direct the bomb-laden drone to crash directly into targets, which is reminiscent of how Japanese pilots flew their own planes into American warships during World War II.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
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Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
That’s when Huerter shut the door on the Celtics, winning the game with a shot reminiscent of the one Hugo Gonzalez hit to force a second overtime 24 hours earlier.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
And, of course, being reminiscent of my own experience of having been a Girl Scout in California.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 25 Jan. 2026
Marines can direct the bomb-laden drone to crash directly into targets, which is reminiscent of how Japanese pilots flew their own planes into American warships during World War II.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reminiscent
Adjective
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That sounds like something a premium TV service and its subscribers could keep a good, heavily suggestive grip on for at least 10 years.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
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The agents’ demand that Good exit her vehicle is suggestive of an intent to take her into custody.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The scenes at the reunion are simply but artfully shot in black and white, including a revealing conversation the men’s wives and partners have about living with them that gently expands the perspectives brought into the film’s portrait.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
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Sometimes these notebooks are written like real diaries, which can be fascinating and revealing.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
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Some of the game’s most evocative writing, blending cosmic horror with humanity’s loss of faith in itself, gets swallowed by that verbal density.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
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Each year, more than 20 Bay Area artists create colorful and evocative designs for the 400-pound, 5-foot-tall heart sculptures that are eventually auctioned off with funds going to the Hospital Foundation.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Reminiscent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reminiscent. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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