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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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for total recall
Noun
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Filling this time with meetings (or low-yield tasks) means surrendering the hours best suited for deep work and strategic thinking to reactive demands.—
Cynthia Pong,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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If a young person expresses a distorted belief, unhealthy coping strategy or potentially harmful idea, the chatbot may validate parts of that thinking rather than appropriately challenging it.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
Noun
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The aesthetics of every World Cup are genuinely important to our collective memory of them.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Parents stood with children draped in Algerian flags while groups of young adults posed for photos and older supporters shared memories of previous World Cups and historic national team moments.—
J.M. Banks
June 15,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Coach Andy Reid wrote the foreword to this recollection of the Chiefs’ early success, which included trips to two of the first four Super Bowls.—
Dan Kelly
December 8,
Kansas City Star,
8 Dec. 2025
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The following are some of his recollections as told to USA TODAY.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
7 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The issue was top of mind for some of those in Everson.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
12 Dec. 2025
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Walker also asked Gaskill whether his oath of office crossed his mind while pondering the language in his bill.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
12 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The cruel cartoon of a constantly shrewish, venal, and disloyal Mary began cementing itself in the public mind when William Herndon, Lincoln’s Springfield law partner, started lecturing about his reminiscences within months of the President’s murder.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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The cruel cartoon of a constantly shrewish, venal, and disloyal Mary began cementing itself in the public mind when William Herndon, Lincoln’s Springfield law partner, started lecturing about his reminiscences within months of the President’s murder.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Noun
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In New York, auction house Sotheby’s brought some remembrances of those times to collectors, offering a selection that spans decades.—
Denny Alfonso,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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Some of those remembrances were for people who lived in the Kansas City area or Texas, where Mahomes grew up.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
10 Dec. 2025
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