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Recent Examples of total recall
His seeming total recall of names and dates is generally known, whether relating to history or sports trivia.
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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2026
By capturing moments automatically and persistently, Poketomo echoes long-standing dystopian ideas of total recall, where forgetting is no longer natural, and where the past is always available, searchable, and impossible to fully leave behind.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
Evidence of his capacity for total recall and my lack of it.
—Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The total recall amounts to more than 2 million cases of doughnuts, fritters, paczki, eclairs and munchkins.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
The fiscal year ending in October 2024 saw 1,908 total recalls, including food and cosmetic products.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
But 2024’s total recalls so far are lower than last year, which saw just over 2,000 recalls, the highest since 2017.
—Vivian La, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
With total recall of case law, an LLM could include dozens of cases.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2024
Agassi, Gilbert said, had a photographic memory and an analytical mind that could take apart a match hours later, stroke by stroke, with total recall.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2026
By capturing moments automatically and persistently, Poketomo echoes long-standing dystopian ideas of total recall, where forgetting is no longer natural, and where the past is always available, searchable, and impossible to fully leave behind.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
Evidence of his capacity for total recall and my lack of it.
—Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The total recall amounts to more than 2 million cases of doughnuts, fritters, paczki, eclairs and munchkins.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
The fiscal year ending in October 2024 saw 1,908 total recalls, including food and cosmetic products.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
But 2024’s total recalls so far are lower than last year, which saw just over 2,000 recalls, the highest since 2017.
—Vivian La, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
With total recall of case law, an LLM could include dozens of cases.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2024
Agassi, Gilbert said, had a photographic memory and an analytical mind that could take apart a match hours later, stroke by stroke, with total recall.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for total recall
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The third is divergent thinking — the uniquely human capacity to generate multiple solutions rather than converge on one.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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That sort of thinking, about spatial relationship and focus, is what professional actors tend to do.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2026
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And to my teammates, my brothers, thank you for every moment, every battle, every joke, and every memory.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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The works address cycles of labor, migration, and memory while also acknowledging the invisible structures that sustain communities.—
Olga Garcia-Mayoral,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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Body Mists Instead of staying stranded in nostalgic recollections of your middle school gym bag, body mists have actually grown up right alongside us.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2026
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All the hiccups now blend together in his recollections.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Moreover, Trump's attempts to take credit for lower prices earlier in his term may link him to prices in voters' minds.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Nguyen was also the mind behind the mural’s postcard style, and its setting against the Santa Ana Mountains and a California sunset.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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The character’s reminiscences of Florence are romantic and vivid, while the present is decidedly average.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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Parishioners then joined the Stations of the Cross procession along Northwest Second Avenue, walking together in remembrance of the Passion of Christ.—
Al Diaz,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Many propose naming things after Kirk or creating an official day of remembrance.—
David A. Lieb,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Total recall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/total%20recall. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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