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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recollect.

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Examples

  • Bush "recollects" - in a more literal sense of the term - quotes by pulling his and others verbatim from other books, calling into question what he genuinely remembers from the time and casting doubt on any conclusions he draws about what his mindset was at the time.

    George Bush Book 'Decision Points' Lifted From Advisers' Books Ryan Grim 2010

  • Bush "recollects" - in a more literal sense of the term - quotes by pulling his and others verbatim from other books, calling into question what he genuinely remembers from the time and casting doubt on any conclusions he draws about what his mindset was at the time.

    George Bush Book 'Decision Points' Lifted Passages From Advisers' Books The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Bush "recollects" - in a more literal sense of the term - quotes by pulling his and others verbatim from other books, calling into question what he genuinely remembers from the time and casting doubt on any conclusions he draws about what his mindset was at the time.

    George Bush's Memoir Lifts Passages From Advisers' Books Ryan Grim 2010

  • Bush "recollects" - in a more literal sense of the term - quotes by pulling his and others verbatim from other books, calling into question what he genuinely remembers from the time and casting doubt on any conclusions he draws about what his mindset was at the time.

    George Bush's Memoir Lifts Passages From Advisers' Books Ryan Grim 2010

  • Bush "recollects" - in a more literal sense of the term - quotes by pulling his and others verbatim from other books, calling into question what he genuinely remembers from the time and casting doubt on any conclusions he draws about what his mindset was at the time.

    George Bush Book 'Decision Points' Lifted From Advisers' Books The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • She "recollects" being about twenty years old when she married.

    Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 Work Projects Administration

  • Little girls are dancing beside her, about her, with all the pretty graces she dimly recollects, but can no more than parody with her body.

    THE CHILDREN 2010

  • He recollects, "A Democrat said to me about the commission, 'Look, Paul Ryan didn't even support it.'"

    Interview with Sen. Rob Portman Jennifer Rubin 2011

  • (Hubbard makes exit and closes door.) (Knox wanders aimlessly to his desk, glances at the letter he was reading of which had been interrupted by Hubbard's entry of first act, suddenly recollects the package of documents, and walks to low bookcase and looks on top.)

    THEFT 2010

  • "You feel the overwhelming weight and gravity of the situation," Mr. Nuti recollects.

    How to Handle a Corporate Crisis Joann S. Lublin 2011

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