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 The Police’s Stewart Copeland, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Tool’s Danny Carey, and Porcupine Tree’s Gavin Harrison jam with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson with breaks for reminiscences. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026 Everyone and every place come supplied with a full quota of anecdotes and reminiscences. Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reminiscences
Noun
  • Those who were born may not be old enough to have the vivid recollections of an older generation.
    Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The gambit proves little more than a cliché and sheds no further light on what these recollections offer the main story.
    Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • But the careers of those champions and potential role models are becoming increasingly distant memories.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Stolen and enslaved Indigenous people formed new networks of kinship; learned new skills and languages; retained memories of family, kin, and rituals; and, through it all, continually plotted to return home.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

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“Reminiscences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reminiscences. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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