TOTAL RECALL Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

total recall

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as in hypermnesia

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Recent Examples of total recall Ann-Margret has total recall of the tours, from her first to Vietnam with singer Johnny Rivers in 1966, and then of course with Hope in 1968 on a much bigger scale that went from a guitar and piano to a full orchestra backing them. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2026 His seeming total recall of names and dates is generally known, whether relating to history or sports trivia. — 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

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Noun

This loop traps us, backfilling saved time with even more low-value complexity rather than freeing up space for deep thinking.

— Stephanie Kramer, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
These voices are crucial and yet too often left out of our understanding of Arendt’s political thinking.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of thinking

Noun

The blue world on the paper and the dream-shapes of the music might well be one of those timeless memories of a child.

— Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
The experience highlighted how increasingly sophisticated consumer products require more computing power and memory, creating additional opportunities for chipmakers.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of memory

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The coupling of violence with law and order is ever present in the agent’s recollections, but tonally, the show feels light.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
And what begins as this idyllic ‘Prairie Home Companion’ recollection of this town’s beautiful history devolves into a sort of parable on xenophobia and colonization.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of recollection

Noun

Most of these programs did not have physical forms in their original MCU incarnations, but appear in human form within the world inside Vision’s mind.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Normalcy bias means that despite all evidence to the contrary, our mind protects itself.

— Raj Panjabi, Time, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of mind

Noun

Léo’s tenderly nostalgic reminiscences of past love affairs are slapped down by Emma, who brusquely dismisses his pleasant recollections as mere male projection.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
But Stewart does know a season of TV featuring Radziwill in the middle of a cultural Love Story craze would be prime for Stewart’s tragic John-John reminiscence.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of reminiscence

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May many a Polish sausage be consumed today in his honor, many Old Styles drank in his memory, and multiple referees given the finger in his remembrance.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
As initially announced in July, Charlotte Motor Speedway will host a public remembrance of life for Busch, the all-time great NASCAR driver who died unexpectedly at age 41 in May.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of remembrance

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