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 Robots fix memories MIT researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system that allows robots to identify, evaluate, and correct unreliable descriptions of objects stored in their memory. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026 The heartwarming film takes us on a ride through archive and new footage and rehearsals and re-enactments of Happy Gays that bring up happy but also painful memories, along with a different side of the at times curmudgeonly Jolanda. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026 There was always going to be just one team that won the World Cup and millions of people who made great memories during the soccer tournament. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2026 Those memories eventually inspired the name of her Asheville restaurant. — Evan Moore november 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2026 In it, an orphan inherits a magician’s book and uses it to recover the memories an authoritarian empire has buried. — Mark Schilling, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026 The series celebrates the moments and memories that Jimmy Choo shoes are attached to, narrating stories through the personal lens of each protagonist. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026 Yet this remake will never eclipse my memories of the first Ocarina of Time. — James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026 Beyond their memories of the show, Sprouse and Lewis also discussed some of the unusual arrangements behind its production. — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memories
recollections
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  • The same is true of the recollections shared by Roger Castillo and David Pressman, friends going back to Perry’s earliest days struggling as an actor in Hollywood.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
  • As far as the night in Pennsylvania when everything happened, Mickey and I have very different recollections of what went down and why.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2026

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“Memories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memories. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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