photographic memory
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photographic memories
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A lawyer by trade who studied history at Brown University, where he is now the chancellor, Moynihan is known to be intelligent, with what some close to him describe as a photographic memory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
He also had a photographic memory, which came in very useful for his later detective work around the thefts.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
And my mom had a photographic memory, so she would be like, “This film is from 1940,” blah blah blah.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
The boy with a photographic memory and a penchant for detailed drawing became fascinated with identifying trees during a winter scouting excursion in the 1960s.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
Before long he discovered he had a photographic memory.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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