as in to ignore
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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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Washington continued to ignore them in the recent campaign.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Even the wokest of the wokes are ignoring poor Megan.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
Verb
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Oh, and who could forget how the monstrosity known as Doomsday is turned into a Jekyll and Hyde paramedic named Davis Bloome (Sam Witwer), while Zod (Callum Blue) borrows a page out of Captain Howdy's playbook by possessing Lex's body.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
13 May 2026
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In any event, he’s been forgotten.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
Verb
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America is offhandedly disregarding science.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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State regulators got the authority to reject transactions or to add conditions and levy fines if companies disregarded them.—
Rob Davis,
ProPublica,
14 May 2026
Verb
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When Djena neglected to do a chore, Denise would use a belt or a power cord to whip Djena, leaving her covered in bruises.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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What this narrative neglects are all the ways treatment might cause terrible side effects, or the long period one spends being sick, and how one’s identity may have changed in the interim.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
Verb
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He’s further slighted after the Emperor commissions him to remake one of his old operas so audiences might remember the country’s past successes.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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Deborah also slighted Kelly’s talk show.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Words disremembered, abandoned from tents & saw / packs.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
19 Mar. 2020
Verb
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After being passed over twice in the draft before the Lightning selected him 108th overall, Rautiainen won Liiga’s Golden Helmet award, going to the league’s MVP and voted on by his peers.—
Eduardo Encina,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2026
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Six months later, they're passed over.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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