remembrances

plural of remembrance
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as in memories
a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered a happy couple with many fond remembrances of when they were dating in college

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as in reminders
something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event she gave her boyfriend on the eve of his military service one of her lockets as a remembrance of their abiding affection

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Noun
  • Elephants are some of the longest-living land mammals Elephant memories are long, and so are their lives.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
  • For older generations, this will add humanity to their relationship and connection, maybe from their memories of caretaking.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • All those are just reminders of the beautiful, beautiful day that could have been a really bad day.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Both apps have the same feature paywalls and review pop-up reminders as DaVinci AI.
    Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • But a lot of our characters are a few generations out from the actual conflict, and their recollections of how things were are shifting.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Both images suggest latent recollections from childhood, hazily called back up.
    M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Remembrances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remembrances. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

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