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Recent Examples of misremember
Baby Boomers also tend to misremember seeing bloody scenes of battle.
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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
Does the unreliability of memory mean that year is misremembered as the nadir from where change stemmed?
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 30 July 2025
There are so many reasons Marsha might misremember dates, times and figures around Stonewall during that interview — trauma affects memory deeply, as does illness, both mental and physical.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 20 May 2025
This crucial clarification reveals that Rhymefest had not only misremembered the lyric but had also inserted the N-Word where it was never spoken.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Misleading real or generated images can make false claims seem more believable and even cause people to misremember real events.
—Arryn Robbins, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
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
Does the unreliability of memory mean that year is misremembered as the nadir from where change stemmed?
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 30 July 2025
There are so many reasons Marsha might misremember dates, times and figures around Stonewall during that interview — trauma affects memory deeply, as does illness, both mental and physical.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 20 May 2025
This crucial clarification reveals that Rhymefest had not only misremembered the lyric but had also inserted the N-Word where it was never spoken.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Misleading real or generated images can make false claims seem more believable and even cause people to misremember real events.
—Arryn Robbins, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misremember
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The collapse of water security in Iran has been decades in the making and is rooted in a mania for megaprojects—dam building, deep wells, and water transfer schemes—that ignored the fundamentals of hydrology and ecological balance.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Pierre LeBrun’s viewpoint Arpon, no doubt the Hughes contract injects a fresh comparable into the discussion that neither the Canadiens nor the Hutson camp can ignore, though using comparables always seems to be in the eye of the beholder.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Taylor has also been an advocate of his own neighborhood, Hallmark, the 10th and often forgotten community within the West End.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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The historic Gold Rush settlement of Norristown located around where Sac State’s campus is today, is almost entirely forgotten.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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In their complaint, the unions allege the budget office's memo unlawfully directs agencies to disregard their own authorizing statutes.—
Franco Ordoñez,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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If a customer has no option to disregard or modify the charge, it cannot be deducted from the employee’s income.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Does one just neglect the laundry, fur ball tumbleweeds from my winter-coat-shedding pup, and the cloudy glass shower door?—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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The plan also mentions a long-term horizon for self-determination and the establishment of a Palestinian state – a point not raised in previous proposals, which mainly focused on ending the war in Gaza but neglected to include a longer-term pathway to statehood.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2025
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Jones, again, slighted the punt coverage with a 61-yard return to the Carolina 14-yard line.—
Mike Kaye
September 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Sep. 2025
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The former Michigan and San Diego State coach, simply put, has been slighted by the hall.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Words disremembered, abandoned from tents & saw / packs.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
19 Mar. 2020
Verb
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Democrats are also hoping to repeal cuts to health care programs that were put in place as part of the GOP spending and tax bill that passed over the summer.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
6 Oct. 2025
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Often, my opinions or feedback would be passed over in favor of other directions that the team wanted to steer the ship in.—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Misremember.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misremember. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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