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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for total recall
Noun
  • As the Moon moves through your 12th House of Solitude, quiet preparation sharpens your thinking.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Quick-thinking in your 1st House of Identity, squares expansive Jupiter in your 4th House of Home, pushing conversations around personal plans and family expectations.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Sad memories of last year — when Wooten lost a tiebreaker in her state championship singles match to hand Palmetto the title — are all but erased.
    Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
  • In the wake of Kirk’s murder, and the high-profile punishments incurred by those who weren’t properly remorseful, Kirk morphed into one of the most widespread memes in recent memory.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Although set in 1939, the story is framed as a recollection narrated in the present day by Julia herself, now an elderly woman and survivor of the many atrocities of the 20th century.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In spite of their initial resistance, Didion’s writing pulls buried recollections to the surface.
    Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Carly loves playing hostess, and designs interiors above all with socializing in mind—the conversation pit is one of her favorite midcentury tropes.
    Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • Andrillon warned against trying to harness the sleeping mind in the service of the waking world.
    Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • But rather than simply repeat the even-then ossified list of events leading to the invention of photography and the medium’s later innovations, the book uses a series of stories, reminiscences, and tall tales to describe how photography transformed everyday (and not so everyday) experience.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Her remembrance of her colleague is included here.
    Billie Stanton, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
  • In a message to students on Wednesday, USF President Moez Limayem said that the university would hold a vigil for Limon and Bristy on Friday, and that there would be a remembrance for the students during next week’s commencement ceremonies.
    Mike Schneider, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026

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“Total recall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/total%20recall. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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