flashbacks

noun

Definition of flashbacksnext
plural of flashback
1
as in memories

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2
as in pasts

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flashbacks
  1. memories
  2. recollections
  3. histories
  4. reminiscences
Noun
  • For people in fashion especially, the mall seems to kick up a particular nostalgia pang—especially around the holidays when so many formative memories were created, and clothing was the indisputable backdrop.
    Alyssa Hardy, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Elephants are some of the longest-living land mammals Elephant memories are long, and so are their lives.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of memories
Noun
  • But a lot of our characters are a few generations out from the actual conflict, and their recollections of how things were are shifting.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Both images suggest latent recollections from childhood, hazily called back up.
    M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of recollections
Noun
  • There are many reasons why some people are drawn to those with violent histories and reputations.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Research doesn’t suggest that intermittent fasting leads to eating disorders, but those with histories of these disorders should also avoid it, Varady says.
    Matt Fuchs, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of histories
Noun
  • There are also flashbacks that extend to more recent episodes, including reminiscences of his time as a film-school professor, in the nineties, with his then students Malcolm, Diana, and Emma.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The interview is centered on reminiscences of the start of Leo’s adult life.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of reminiscences
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