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Recent Examples of misremember
Their time together can be imagined, misremembered, romanticized and smeared by the media, but the reality of their love was known only to them.
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Atkinson said, misremembering how good that Mavericks team actually was.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Instead, this reboot might be misremembered as a direct-to-video curio — or rediscovered as a bad cult object destined to give some idiot cinephile alcohol poisoning.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
Dear Abby: As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2025
Baby Boomers also tend to misremember seeing bloody scenes of battle.
—Time, 20 Sep. 2025
Silver’s comments mirror those of many others, including Democratic voters and Gov. Gavin Newsom, who are all clearly misremembering the recent past.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
Thus, for the 100th anniversary of Phantom, Rolls-Royce delicately recreated the myth, placing a Phantom in pool water in England, with photographers and videographers there to ensure that it wouldn’t be misremembered, like Keith Moon.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2025
Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Atkinson said, misremembering how good that Mavericks team actually was.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Instead, this reboot might be misremembered as a direct-to-video curio — or rediscovered as a bad cult object destined to give some idiot cinephile alcohol poisoning.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
Dear Abby: As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2025
Baby Boomers also tend to misremember seeing bloody scenes of battle.
—Time, 20 Sep. 2025
Silver’s comments mirror those of many others, including Democratic voters and Gov. Gavin Newsom, who are all clearly misremembering the recent past.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
Thus, for the 100th anniversary of Phantom, Rolls-Royce delicately recreated the myth, placing a Phantom in pool water in England, with photographers and videographers there to ensure that it wouldn’t be misremembered, like Keith Moon.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misremember
Verb
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The federal judge in that case ruled that a jury could find that State Farm had acted in bad faith if the plaintiffs' lawyers demonstrated that the company ignored certain kinds of hail damage.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
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In crush, puncture, and saw tests, the battery produced no smoke or flames – a safety profile that's hard to ignore.—
Omar Kardoudi
April 28,
New Atlas,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The bank wants her descendants to stop forgetting it.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Seriously, when did everyone forget that this franchise is based on a dishy roman à clef in which Wintour is, hello, referred to as the Devil?—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Tilmant, who assumed office in January, seemed to disregard Mayor Phillips’s plea for a more-thorough evaluation of the safety implications of the quiet zone, abruptly calling for a vote on the project.—
Noah Daly
April 24,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Apr. 2026
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In choosing Love, the Cardinals disregarded conventional wisdom that quality running backs can be plucked much later in the draft and at a much lower cost.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Abused, neglected, abandoned pigs At Willeyville Farm, Houk and, Jones-Willey and other volunteers were recently caring for about 40 pigs, with the goal of finding them adoptive homes.—
Eric Adler
April 26,
Kansas City Star,
26 Apr. 2026
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Shultz felt that neglecting those relationships, like neglecting one’s garden, will grow weeds.—
Tom Jurkowsky,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But in discharging this function, poets are in danger of slighting another imperative, namely, to redress poetry as poetry, to set it up as its own category, an eminence established and a pressure exercised by distinctly linguistic means.—
Nick Laird,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Too few compliments make kids feel slighted, while too many can inspire arrogance.—
Wayne Parker,
Parents,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Words disremembered, abandoned from tents & saw / packs.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
19 Mar. 2020
Verb
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However, Los Angeles was passed over.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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O’Neill was passed over in 2024 to run Nike (Elliott Hill came out of retirement for the gig) after a quarter century at the sneaker maker.—
Shelly Banjo,
semafor.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Misremember.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misremember. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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