in/within living memory
idiom
: during a time that can be remembered by people who are still alive
These events occurred within living memory.
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This season is already Newcastle’s best in living memory; the ultimate aim already achieved, securing a place in the Europa Conference League in the process.
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Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The previous record—fifty-one million dollars—was set in 2023, when Janet Protasiewicz won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, giving liberals a majority for the first time in living memory.
—Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Trump's willingness to touch the hot stove of tariffs — even at the cost of higher consumer prices, a stock market slump, and disruption to America's deepest international relationships — is far higher than any president's in living memory.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025
Filling Merkel’s shoes A German leader has, in living memory, succeeded in providing something approaching a singular European voice that the White House could deal with.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
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Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The previous record—fifty-one million dollars—was set in 2023, when Janet Protasiewicz won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, giving liberals a majority for the first time in living memory.
—Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Trump's willingness to touch the hot stove of tariffs — even at the cost of higher consumer prices, a stock market slump, and disruption to America's deepest international relationships — is far higher than any president's in living memory.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025
Filling Merkel’s shoes A German leader has, in living memory, succeeded in providing something approaching a singular European voice that the White House could deal with.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
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“In/within living memory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%2Fwithin%20living%20memory. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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