photographic memory
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Her other superpower, coupled with this sheer speed, was what former employees describe as the aural equivalent of a photographic memory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
She once relied on an almost photographic memory to learn scripts, but now must have lines read aloud to her.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025
But Cameron took it in his stride, making photographic memory books and scrapbooks of their relationship and writing notes and letters to his fiancee.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025
Jaylen Wells doesn’t have a photographic memory – but certain things he can’t help but remember.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2023
Here’s the thing: I’m ridiculously smart, and I’m pretty sure 1 have a photographic memory.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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