recent memory
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrecentandmemory
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recent
adjective
uk/ˈriː.sənt/us/ˈriː.sənt/
happening or starting from a short ...
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memory
noun
uk/ˈmem.ər.i/us/ˈmem.ər.i/
the ability to remember information, experiences, ...
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(Definition ofrecentandmemoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofrecent memory
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Dreams are forgotten becauserecentmemorysystems are disabled during sleep.
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That is inrecentmemory.
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The current review is not the first inrecentmemory.
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I will give one example withinrecentmemory.
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Withinrecentmemorynewspapers were running football competitions.
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British agriculture is facing its worst crisis inrecentmemory.
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Such a temptation, however, should be resisted, for it would mean ignoring one of the more interesting works inrecentmemory.
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In hospital, she presented with poor attention and concentration, impairment ofrecentmemory, and insomnia, but she did not show appetite loss, ocular abnormalities, or gait disturbances.
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This sounds like a justification of the continuum view, but there is an added twist: might the traveller be misled by the perspective of mostrecentmemory?
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I take an example which happens to be within myrecentmemory.
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It should be remembered that, at the time, the second world war was arecentmemory.
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I believe that that need has never been greater at any time inrecentmemory.
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Is he aware that the building industry now has the highest unemployment inrecentmemory?
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The upgrade has been one of the most expensive and mismanaged projects inrecentmemory.
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That has been a real piece of political doctrine withinrecentmemory.
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Indeed, all active operations inrecentmemoryhave been conducted outside that area.
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We have had instances of this within living memory, and even within veryrecentmemory.
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That is a record reduction for any one week, at any rate, withinrecentmemory.
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Two examples withinrecentmemorywill be sufficient to support that statement.
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He has evidently not lost his capacity to amassrecentmemoryand other things with it.
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After providing a brief but thorough sketch of the area's history, she presents examples of the ways that several speakers talk about themselves and about history ofrecentmemory.
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Just last week again, for the first time inrecentmemory, prime agricultural land could not be sold at auction.
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Almost everyone these days has experienced crime within their ownrecentmemory, or knows someone who has.
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Peace has reigned longer than ever inrecentmemory.
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It was the most exciting series battle inrecentmemory.
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