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 poet’s reminiscences form the core of several poems that rank among the glories of twentieth-century American literature.
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Dan Chiasson, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
There’s a late-harvest glint to the guitar here, distinctly offset by a roadhouse stomp, punctuating Snoop’s poignant reminiscences.
—Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
There are also flashbacks that extend to more recent episodes, including reminiscences of his time as a film-school professor, in the nineties, with his then students Malcolm, Diana, and Emma.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
Dan Chiasson, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
There’s a late-harvest glint to the guitar here, distinctly offset by a roadhouse stomp, punctuating Snoop’s poignant reminiscences.
—Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
There are also flashbacks that extend to more recent episodes, including reminiscences of his time as a film-school professor, in the nineties, with his then students Malcolm, Diana, and Emma.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reminiscences
Noun
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Her ancestor’s analytic model discouraged self-revelation by the therapist, but Freud often meets her guests’ excavations of desire and vulnerability with her own candid recollections.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Like her other books comprising private connections and recollections, Romano preferred to call Le parole a novel rather than a memoir or autobiography, seeing the distinction between fact and fiction as an irrelevant one for literature.—
Brian Robert Moore
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When stress or uncertainty arises, couples who have built a history or reservoir of supportive and playful interactions can draw upon these memories to cope more effectively.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Those are always kind of my best memories of high school.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Reminiscences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reminiscences. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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