total recall

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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
  • Foundational to all economic thinking, scarcity is the reason why the frontier exists at all.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Aug. 2026
  • No vague promises, no magical thinking, no dogmatic ideology trumping all.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The unexpected weekend getaway While planning ahead is crucial during the busy summer months, some of the best memories come from those spur-of-the-moment trips.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This is being enabled by newer architectures like compute-in-memory that will increase performance and reduce costs.
    Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Bailey’s early recollections of scent come from his grandparents.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The most fateful night of my protagonist’s life—the night when her childhood best friend disappears on a black-sand beach—leaves her with a distorted recollection of what really happened.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Games such as pickleball and activities like walking groups get people out of the house, combat isolation and keep both the body and mind engaged, O’Sullivan explained.
    Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The third most popular sub-genre is psychological horror games which pit you against your mind.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Over 2,600 donors contributed to the effort, and many of those benefactors flooded the comment section of the GoFundMe to share warm reminiscences and encouraging words for Finch.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026
  • Ironically, this reminiscence preceded my viewing of Remarkably Bright Creatures, the recent Netflix release that seeks to inaugurate a new, regrettable phase in Field’s five-decade-long movie career.
    Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • In many ways, the film is both a celebration and an act of remembrance.
    JD Linville, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The remembrance of Husayn’s martyrdom reminds Shiites about the teachings of the prophet and his family.
    Iqbal Akhtar, The Conversation, 31 July 2026

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