hypermnesia

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Noun
  • By capturing moments automatically and persistently, Poketomo echoes long-standing dystopian ideas of total recall, where forgetting is no longer natural, and where the past is always available, searchable, and impossible to fully leave behind.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Evidence of his capacity for total recall and my lack of it.
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Joy invoking a memory of a home warm and wide and sheltering.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • For Świątek, a day when her serve felt under constant pressure brought back memories of her defeat to Aryna Sabalenka at last year’s French Open.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • For now, what was the thinking behind the decision to drop this album in Madrid on New Year’s Day?
    Leonor C. Suárez, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Different games sharpen different skills—and video games may have an edge over traditional board games by demanding faster, more flexible thinking.
    Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Instead of relying on anecdotal recollection, leadership looks across interactions to understand shifting customer signals to inform product development.
    Awaneesh Verma, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Advertisement Transient unresponsiveness Sometimes people with neurological problems go blank for a few seconds, and then return to their normal selves with no recollection of what just happened.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This helps to ensure that my mind is not only experiencing the music but also aiding and calming my thinking processes at the same time.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • But as the global spotlight turns back on the city, those recent events are brought to others’ minds, said Jacqueline deVries, chair of the history department at Augsburg University in Minneapolis.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Studies have shown that meditation can help lower blood pressure, boost immunity, improve sleep, and slow memory loss.
    Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • People come on silent retreat for a week or two at a time and spend most of their days sitting in the Zendo—the meditation hall—facing a wall or tracing walking meditations on the gravel paths that meander through Upaya’s gardens.
    Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Hypermnesia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypermnesia. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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