Meaning & use
Recollections
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Things remembered from the past; memories, especially ones recalled deliberately.
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Her recollections of childhood summers at the lake were vivid and warm.
The historian relied on the recollections of surviving witnesses to reconstruct the event.
A note on using this word
"Recollections" often implies a more deliberate act of remembering than the more general word "memories."
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