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memory bank

American  

noun

  1. the complete records, archives, or the like of an organization, country, etc.

  2. the total of a person's memories or recollections.

  3. data bank.


Etymology

Origin of memory bank

First recorded in 1950–55


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Which means you have to find your emotional connection, and that’s likely going to generate from whatever synapses are firing up in the memory bank.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

“At the same time, the bear-market memory bank gauges of an ever-increasing percent of the population are now bouncing off empty: What could go wrong?”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025

Rangers deserve credit for their doggedness in a crisis - and that's pretty much all you can say about a game that will scarcely see out the night in the memory bank.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025

As he customarily does, Newsom displayed a remarkable memory bank for numbers, articulately reciting data nonstop for nearly two hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

I pulled the tale from the memory bank, but it wasn't hard.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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