memories

plural of memory
as in recollections
a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered I have only the vaguest memory of the family vacation we took the year I turned three

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Recent Examples of memories One of my most vivid memories of my time with All That is Left of Life is not a translation memory at all, but of reading it for the very first time. Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026 The show then flashes forward to the other women emotionally processing the news of his overdose and coming together at Angie’s to console one another and share memories of Robert. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026 Her love for the city is inseparable from the forces — whether racist country singers or tourists and displacement — responsible for dismantling and restructuring everything in the memories that keep her tethered there. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile decades of research shows that memories can easily be warped each time they’re recalled—a truth that suggests eyewitness accounts should be taken with enormous grains of salt. Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026 In fact, memories and scents are so interconnected that it’s widely believed there’s no such thing as a universally appealing smell. Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 17 Sep. 2026 This collection celebrates the magic of making summer memories with friends Scroll on to shop Daisy and all of her fun loving accessories. Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 But the careers of those champions and potential role models are becoming increasingly distant memories. Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 In her interview, Mursal shared her memories growing up with UNICEF, a UN organization, and how the trademark sky-blue logo with a mother and child was everywhere around her school. Rebecca Blumenstein, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memories
recollections
Noun
  • His recollections often take the form of dialogues in which interlocutors meekly acknowledge his overwhelming rhetorical advantage.
    Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Those who were born may not be old enough to have the vivid recollections of an older generation.
    Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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“Memories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memories. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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