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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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Their son still visits but ignores the family’s special days.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
26 May 2026
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Stifel upgrades Booz Allen Hamilton to buy from hold Stifel said the stock too attractive to ignore.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
26 May 2026
Verb
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The last image of the Buffalo Sabres’ season was one Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen will spend his summer trying to forget.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Name five albums, and one of them can't be the Black Album, which is actually called Metallica; people forget that.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
Verb
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To maintain this projection, leaders can be tempted to skimp on sleep and disregard other self-care measures.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Judges up and down the ladder must make clear that there will be consequences for disregarding their orders, and act on that clarity; so far, the limited number of contempt proceedings have run into procedural walls or been derailed by appellate courts.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
Verb
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Keep the peace without neglecting yourself.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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All season, the teenagers on The Audacity have been set up as troubled, neglected afterthoughts to their parents’ indulgences and machinations, and the show finally pulls the trigger on Chekhov’s gun.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
24 May 2026
Verb
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Romano’s sturdy book may not stint on examples of Mary’s bad behavior—including a ferociously jealous verbal assault, near the end of the war, on the wife of a prominent Union general—but the biographer keeps tilting against those who slighted Mary in even the most superficial ways.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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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
Verb
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Words disremembered, abandoned from tents & saw / packs.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
19 Mar. 2020
Verb
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In 2007, a big steam main by the Chanin Building, across from Grand Central, blew up right as a truck passed over, injuring dozens.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
22 May 2026
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Still, their offers kept getting passed over as homes sold for tens – and sometimes hundreds – of thousands of dollars above list price.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
22 May 2026
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“Misremember.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misremember. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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