remembrances

plural of remembrance
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as in memories
a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered a happy couple with many fond remembrances of when they were dating in college

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as in reminders
something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event she gave her boyfriend on the eve of his military service one of her lockets as a remembrance of their abiding affection

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Recent Examples of remembrances Caught between two opposing cultures, drawing on a cache of letters, documents, and remembrances, Ferrer meticulously recounts the travails of one migrant family and a punitive legal system that dogged them, skewering ideals of equity and fairness. Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026 His life was celebrated in admiring headlines and remembrances that noted his continuous exploration of the possibilities of his art form. Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 16 June 2026 This year, instead of traveling to Orlando for the annual Pulse remembrances, the family chose a different way to honor him. Ted Scouten, CBS News, 13 June 2026 Repetition is composed of a novelist’s remembrances of her teenage girlhood, a tumultuous time no matter what. Literary Hub, 11 June 2026 Sixty years after Revolver, Beatlemania is a never-ending flurry of idyllic remembrances of the past, a careful tugging at both heart- and purse strings. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 June 2026 Romvari does an effective job of highlighting the fragility of our remembrances and how the actions from the past affect us to this day. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 May 2026 Y’know, that certain vocal style or guitar tone or even decade-specific production tic that transports us like the meal at the end of Ratatouille to joyous remembrances of times past. Brendan Hay, SPIN, 1 May 2026 Fans shared their remembrances on the Arrowhead Pride website and on social media. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remembrances
Noun
  • Watching his boys hit targets in the Tempe Diablo batting cages is one of Dino’s favorite baseball memories.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • The international travel-media platform has dug deep to uncover which parks will leave you flat, and which will create lifelong memories (hopefully of the happy kind).
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
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  • Like many public events in wartime Ukraine, the festival blended ordinary leisure with reminders that the war is never far away.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
  • There were other reminders as well, some less subtle than others, of the true purpose of Congress.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Taken together, my trip recollections probably qualify me as living proof of Elliott’s traveler’s amnesia theory.
    Alex Pulaski, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • In an extremely enthusiastic and well-meaning X post (that has since been, obviously, deleted), Aron shared his recollections on pretty much everything.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2026
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  • But designs for new memorials near Washington's National Mall are not meant to be dictated by only a few people, and the quick review process the arch has undergone has defied centuries of planning precedent and broken laws, some historians say.
    Chiara Eisner, NPR, 8 July 2026
  • People in Coventry have memorials in his honor and still hope his remains will one day be found and returned to his hometown.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026

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“Remembrances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remembrances. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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