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verb (1)

past tense of recollect

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verb (2)

past tense of re-collect
1
as in contained
to gain emotional or mental control of she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery

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2
as in retrieved
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 recollected
Adjective
Does your table offer a first-class ticket to spicy destinations across the globe, or a comfortable sinking into recollected recipes from your mother? Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 7 June 2025 Perhaps a strategic loosening of novelistic form was what Hollinghurst was going for, in an effort to capture the enigma of the recollected past. Giles Harvey, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024 Abby therefore spends the night imagining her way through the various rooms of her own life, attempting to attach each beat of her speech to a recollected physical space. Lynn Steger Strong, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023 The substance of such recollected moments here isn’t all that different from the thumbnail making-of-a-champion profiles that regularly punctuate Olympics broadcasts. Ben Brantley, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2017
Verb
There were no dates recollected correctly. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025 Leonora liked to think of her life as calm of mind, all passion spent, or, more rarely, as emotion recollected in tranquillity. Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recollected
Adjective
  • The collected premium cushions downside risk and enhances the effective yield on capital at risk.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Different birds, different behaviors The collected recordings were analyzed by BirdNET, an AI system that can identify bird species based on their calls.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Senne Lammens continuing his composed start to his United career could at least counteract those types of chances for Brighton, while Amorim’s defenders will need to be astute to the movement of Hurzeler’s front-line.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Only on particularly bumpy tarmac did the GTS-spec suspension become too jarring with the adaptive dampers stiffened up in sport mode, but switching them to normal offered the best of both worlds—excellent, composed body control and tuning that ironed out imperfections remarkably well.
    Peter Nelson, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • From clever packing solutions and cozy in-flight accessories, to tiny upgrades that make a huge difference midair, all of these travel hacks are pilot-approved for keeping your journey calm, clean, and surprisingly comfortable from takeoff to touchdown.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Pasolini works in an atmosphere of calm.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Imposing granite cliff faces like Half Dome and El Capitan, serene meadows and forests, and the picturesque Merced River, all tend to come to mind.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers at the University of Arizona later observed that green light—which is strongly reflected at us by plants—also triggers a release of natural opioids, promoting a serene state.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • At age nine, she was offered the lead role of a possessed girl in the 1973 film The Exorcist.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The Nun pops out of a wall, a demon appears on a bed, crosses start to spin, a possessed figure scampers across the ceiling and a man with an axe cornered me in a random closet.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Fall boating can mean peaceful days on Arkansas' large reservoirs while many hunters begin to hit the woods instead of the water.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But the enormous turnout for the largely peaceful demonstrations appeared to stiffen their resolve.
    Nik Popli, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The tranquil, upscale neighborhood of Pacific Palisades was devastated by the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles County in January, destroying thousands of structures—including the home of celebrities such as Jeff Bridges, Paris Hilton, and Billy Crystal.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Out-of-towners were enjoying the warm weather and music on an outdoor deck at the American Fish Company in Southport, a small and tranquil city near the mouth of the Cape Fear River, when gunshots rang out.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Recollected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recollected. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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