recollected
Americanadjective
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calm; composed.
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remembered; recalled.
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characterized by or given to contemplation.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of recollected
First recorded in 1620–30; recollect, re-collect + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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One of them recollected with wonder the way music was “visible throughout his entire body.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
As Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell recollected in a speech last month, “the good ship Transitory was a crowded one, with most mainstream analysts and advanced-economy central bankers on board.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024
And even if it is recollected, mechanical recycling struggles with mixed waste streams.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2023
Kershner, the attorney, said that the officer may not have accurately recollected exactly which commands he had given Johnson, but the video shows that Johnson was not complying.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
One night a lieutenant named Jim Kent recollected how the former radioman had taken an interest in a dead Japanese boy with his pants turned inside out around his muddy ankles.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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