TOTAL RECALL Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

The movements that arose out of the deaths of Black people at the hands of largely white police officers and the systematic abuse of women by powerful men were hallmarks of 21st-century progressive thinking.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
Her thinking around reproductive issues has also become more complex with age.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of thinking

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The backstory For most of my life, the Old Dutch Inn has been just a faint memory of kicking my legs from a bar stool, drinking a Shirley Temple next to my late grandmother, who would likely have been nursing a gin and tonic.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
Players often downplay symptoms to stay on the field—and many signs of brain trauma, such as headaches, memory problems and fatigue, are easy to hide.

— Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of memory

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The narrative starts with Said’s recollection of his early years in Palestine and his family exile to Egypt.

— Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
His recollections often take the form of dialogues in which interlocutors meekly acknowledge his overwhelming rhetorical advantage.

— Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of recollection

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

Noun

Americans recently and solemnly observed the 25th year remembrance of those attacks.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Spouses, children, and parents must carry a grief that transcends the military calendar and cannot be confined to a single day of remembrance.

— Cristina Johnson, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of remembrance

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