harkening back (to)

verb

present participle of harken back (to)
as in remembering
to bring back to mind let's harken back to what we learned last week

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  1. remembering
  2. recalling
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  • Ten days after a mass shooting in West Baltimore, colleagues are searching for answers and remembering a Baltimore City worker killed in the crossfire.
    — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Matthew Perry's sister Mia Perry Bowick is remembering her brother three years after his death.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of remembering
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  • Dig deeper California’s rules for recalling politicians date to the Progressive era and were seen at the time as a way to give more power to voters.
    — Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • There’s a luminous series of royal blue engravings presented with ornate flourishes, recalling styles favored by the French aristocracy.
    — Elisa Turner, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of recalling
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“Harkening back (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harkening%20back%20%28to%29. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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