flashbacks

Definition of flashbacksnext
plural of flashback

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Noun
  • When viewers first met Robby, the man was a nervous wreck, lost in inescapable memories of the ER’s plague years.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
  • As the Creature befriends a blind man (David Bradley), who has shared his love of books, Elordi's character explores his sense of self, and his sense of purpose, and seeks answers – in literature, and in his own fragmented memories.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Courtesy Janis Hayes Some patient lawsuits have accused cosmetic surgery companies of hiring doctors who lacked adequate training or had troubled pasts, and of using high-pressure sales tactics and misleading advertising pitches that downplay safety risks, federal and state court records show.
    Fred Schulte, NBC news, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Our pasts are already written, changing the pathways of brains and people’s perceptions of us.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Those conversations with Harper and Judge will be Eldridge’s core recollections from this day, but the 21-year-old also made a couple of plays worth remembering.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Nestled between Yo’s recollections of childhood and early adulthood are establishing shots and dramatizations that, at first, can be hard to decipher as having been shot in real spaces or in Fitch’s meticulous 1/3rd scale models.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Younger generations often encounter histories of violence first through digital platforms.
    Arnaud Kurze, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026
  • People seeking support often present with overlapping challenges such as anxiety, OCD, depression, trauma histories, chronic stress or relationship difficulties.
    Gwilym Roddick, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Many folks shared reminiscences of the old days.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Brooks isn’t too macho to tear up during these reminiscences.
    Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • My poetry began as a father’s sly growl, became a spectacle on a rickety stage washed in limelight, and now is a 70-year-old woman’s walk back into a thousand yesterdays.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
  • As noted in yesterdays’ newsletter, O’Hearn is 4-for-5 with two home runs and two doubles against lefties.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Flashbacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flashbacks. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.

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