as in to remember
to bring back to mind
I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house
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as in to retrieve
to get again in one's possession
I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands
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Recent Examples of recollect
Clement Obropta, IndieWire, 16 June 2025
Wright was speaking at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival and recollected her battle for equal pay on the Netflix hit.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 June 2025
The Roman Emperor Domitian struck a truce with the Dacians that allowed Rome to recollect its strengths until a new emperor, Trajan, was ready for war a decade later.
—A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
The hexane dissolves the lipid components in the oil, then is evaporated off and recollected for later use.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
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Such contracts are nothing new in Hollywood, and many scholars of classic Hollywood will likely recollect the strict contracts studios had for their stars in that era.
—Clement Obropta, IndieWire, 16 June 2025
Wright was speaking at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival and recollected her battle for equal pay on the Netflix hit.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 June 2025
The Roman Emperor Domitian struck a truce with the Dacians that allowed Rome to recollect its strengths until a new emperor, Trajan, was ready for war a decade later.
—A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
The hexane dissolves the lipid components in the oil, then is evaporated off and recollected for later use.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Recollect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recollect. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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