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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
recall . - noun Plural form of
recall .
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Examples
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The phrase recalls the success that Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota, briefly had by combining Mr. Romney's name with "Obamacare" and coming up with "Obamneycare."
NYT > Global Home By MICHAEL D. SHEAR 2011
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If the title recalls Tracey Emin's controversial work My Bed, that's as far as the comparisons go.
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Cooke has been named chairman of Olbom, On Language’s Board of Octogenarian Mentors, though he insists on calling it OGPU, Octogenarians Guarding Proper Usage, because his acronym recalls an old Soviet spy organization.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Cooke has been named chairman of Olbom, On Language’s Board of Octogenarian Mentors, though he insists on calling it OGPU, Octogenarians Guarding Proper Usage, because his acronym recalls an old Soviet spy organization.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Cooke has been named chairman of Olbom, On Language’s Board of Octogenarian Mentors, though he insists on calling it OGPU, Octogenarians Guarding Proper Usage, because his acronym recalls an old Soviet spy organization.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Cooke has been named chairman of Olbom, On Language’s Board of Octogenarian Mentors, though he insists on calling it OGPU, Octogenarians Guarding Proper Usage, because his acronym recalls an old Soviet spy organization.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Gertrude Stein recalls a composition of hers being chosen by her teacher at Franklin School to be posted on the wall, and this may have been the germ of her sense of herself as a writer.
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Millions of toys made by other product makers were also involved in recalls related to risks of lead poisoning, and the problems led safety advocates to call for tougher standards.
Fisher-Price Recalls Millions of Tricycles Melanie Trottman 2010
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But in this political season, the factor behind most recalls is taxes.
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Froomkin recalls that the lawyer stated, ‘Someone should do something.’
Discourse.net: The University Of Miami School Of Law Announces Foreclosure Defense Fellowships 2009
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