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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
Noun
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The novel swings between the trivial and the dire, and in her bleakest moments Adora leans on the Stoics for guidance, thinking, C’mon, boys, don’t fail me now!—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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This transit favors bold thinking backed by follow-through.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As Cook exits, Apple faces numerous challenges, including an intricate supply chain that's complicated by geopolitical tensions and soaring prices for memory due to unprecedented demand from the AI buildout.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Not every prom night memory can or should be passed along to the grandkids.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In my recollection now, none of them seemed concerned.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The pair travel through New York City and along American highways, the journey surfacing memories of Tehran – among them footage Karampour shot in Iran under censorship, her brother’s childhood recollections, and the story of the murder of Siâvash’s band, The Yellow Dogs, in New York.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This white chocolate bar is creamy and ultra-sweet, and the great minds at TJ’s were smart to distract from the one-note flavor with crunchy little cookie crumbles.—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Apr. 2026
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By evening, disruptive Uranus enters your 9th House of Higher Learning and Beliefs, opening your mind to new perspectives, ideas, and possibilities.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The movie’s point of view is established with a brief opening voice-over by a woman named Sasha, whose reminiscences of childhood, and of her brother Jeremy, make up the bulk of the film.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Criminal elements stepped into the void, bringing chaos and reminiscences of the straight, stable life under Leonid Brezhnev.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That remembrance of that person also has to wake up, go about their day-to-day life and be okay.—
Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Paisley Park, Prince's former home and music studio space, will be hosting a special remembrance event on Tuesday.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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