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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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This mirrors what clinicians already do manually — pulling together notes, lab results, and patient recollections to reconstruct a narrative.—
Celina Yong,
STAT,
16 Apr. 2026
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Participants retrieved richer, more vivid details, including recollections of specific places, emotions and sensory perceptions.—
Utkarsh Gupta,
Scientific American,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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With the expansion North Texas is seeing, preparing tomorrow's leaders is top of mind for Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker.—
Briseida Holguin,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Infielder Hyeseong Kim had his mind set before the game.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
18 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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The Withered world tour includes themes of death and remembrance.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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Hundreds of mourners, through song, prayers, and remembrance, wept on Friday during a celebration of life at Church by the Glades for Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer, celebrating her short but impactful life.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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