from memory

idiom

: without reading or looking at notes

She delivered the speech (entirely) from memory.

She can recite from memory the capitals of all the states of the U.S.

Examples of from memory in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In intuitive decision-making, people quickly and easily recognize a complex situation and recall an effective solution from memory. —

Leo Gugerty, The Conversation, 10 June 2024 Or the stories that will shape our lives in years to come, when the passing hype of the day's headlines have faded from memory. —

The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024 Edge also uses a sleeping-tabs feature that will eject unused tabs from memory without closing them, loading them back up the next time the user tries to interact with them. —

Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2024 As the Gaza conflict fades from memory, talk of Europe’s Judeo-Christian roots is likely to make a comeback. —

Yascha Mounk, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2014 See all Example Sentences for from memory

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