recollection
noun
rec·ol·lec·tion
ˌre-kə-ˈlek-shən 
1
a
: tranquility of mind
b
: religious contemplation
2
a
: the action or power of recalling to mind
b
: something recalled to the mind
Examples of recollection in a Sentence
Her recollection of the accident is very different from mine.
She has only a vague recollection of her seventh birthday party.
His novel is largely based on his own recollections of his childhood in the inner city.
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In fact, cleaning looms large among Mendes’s fond recollections of her own childhood.
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Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2024
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Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2024
But undoing the observation and the observer’s recollection of it is the only way to take the system back to its initial conditions and thereby retrieve Charlie’s qubit in its original, unmeasured state.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
Expand All For the first time, the lead detective in YNW Melly’s double murder case detailed his recollection of the October 2022 incident in which he was accused of wrongdoing.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
Advertisement Unlike Biden’s Father’s Day statements, which tucked in recollections about Biden Sr., the Trump declarations spoke of dads more generally.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
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“Recollection.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recollection. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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recollection
noun
rec·ol·lec·tion
ˌrek-ə-ˈlek-shən
1
: the action or power of recalling to mind
2
: something recalled to the mind
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