reminiscences

plural of reminiscence
as in recollections
a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered his reminiscences about the war were painful to hear

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Recent Examples of reminiscences Its narrative takes the form of travel writing mixed with other reminiscences and interviews. Amitava Kumar, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026 Although her image would become an archetype of maternal worry and suffering, Thompson was not referenced by name in Lange’s reminiscences because the photographer never knew her identity. Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026 Over 2,600 donors contributed to the effort, and many of those benefactors flooded the comment section of the GoFundMe to share warm reminiscences and encouraging words for Finch. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026 The cruel cartoon of a constantly shrewish, venal, and disloyal Mary began cementing itself in the public mind when William Herndon, Lincoln’s Springfield law partner, started lecturing about his reminiscences within months of the President’s murder. Literary Hub, 21 May 2026 Ah, reminiscences of days working on an oil rig gone by! Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 May 2026 McLarty and Walker shift from depressive introspection to giggling reminiscences. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2026 In the nightmare scenario that kicks off Transcription, the disabling of the narrator’s phone—that ingenious receptacle for distraction, and discomfort, and crap—sets in motion a series of observations and reminiscences that prod the narrator’s unconscious, bringing the novel into being. Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 The novel, which jumps around in time from spectral reminiscences of the nineteenth century to the late 1980s and early 1990s and into the twenty-first century, follows the members of a Brooklyn family attempting to find stability while struggling with their strange attunement to the dead. Omari Weekes, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reminiscences
Noun
  • In their latest filing, the prosecutors maintain the teen's recollections of the abuse first surfaced during a high school dream.
    John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Mother and daughter have differing recollections of that conversation some 14 years ago.
    Felice J. Freyer, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Marinelli said those memories still resonate with people who stop by the historical society.
    Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The prosecution's argument is that while different life events triggered the memories to surface, the teen simply was not ready to discuss them in detail initially.
    John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2026

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“Reminiscences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reminiscences. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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