flashback

noun

Definition of flashbacknext
1
as in recollection

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as in past

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Recent Examples of flashback In the games, the role was played to great acclaim by Ashley Johnson, who made a cameo in a season 1 flashback as Ellie's mother. — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025 Actor Joe Pantoliano has been cast to appear as Eugene this season, perhaps through flashbacks, but little else is known about how the producers will incorporate this character into the series. — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025 And even if there is a rescue in season four, there’s still more story to tell in the flashbacks. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2025 Brother and sister kept sharing flashbacks, finishing each other’s stories as their eyes welled. — D. Watkins, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flashback
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flashback
  1. recollection
  2. past
  3. memory
  4. reminiscence
  5. yesteryear
  6. recall
  7. history
  8. reminder
Noun
  • And with the Panthers set to pick eighth overall for a fifth time in franchise history in next week’s draft, The Observer chatted with Gross to get his recollection of the experience.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Returning to Reims frequently references the work of Annie Ernaux, the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature, whose recollections of her childhood and the lives of her grocer parents have been published in books such as A Man’s Place and A Woman’s Story.
    — Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Definition of recollection
Noun
  • The actor, who portrayed Rick, a man searching for answers about his father’s mysterious past at a luxury resort in Thailand, opened up about the shocking finale that no one saw coming.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The students’ work in the Jewish cemetery risks rousing this grim past, and most Darkenbloom residents want no part of such investigations.
    — James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of past
Noun
  • Shaiman and Wittman’s score is, hands down, among of the best musical theater creations in recent memory.
    — Christian Lewis, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Research has found evidence that playing chess may result in improved brain function, memory, cognitive abilities, and strategic thinking.
    — Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Definition of memory
Noun
  • Even Rolex’s first new family in over a decade, the Oyster Perpetual Land Dweller, is a reminiscence of the Oysterquartz of 1977, explained Kristian Haagen, founder of TimeGeeks.
    — Stéphane JG Girod, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The strange story of what happened to it — and how Tan and her friends Jasmine and Sophie look back on it — forms the spine of this inventive and disarming memoir, which is simultaneously a reminiscence of a rebellious youth, a chronicle of a seat-of-the-pants D.I.Y. film production and a mystery.
    — Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of reminiscence
Noun
  • For a touch of yesteryear in your kitchen, Smeg appliances hold a special place in our retro-loving hearts.
    — Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Browse According to Category: Berkshires Hotels | Private Homes City: Richmond, Massachusetts Set upon a 20-acre bucolic hillside property, this restored Georgian-Federalist residence transports you to yesteryear—to 1792 to be exact.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Architectural Digest, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of yesteryear
Noun
  • Voluntarily initiating a recall, even without a press release, shows that food safety efforts are at work.
    — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The American food company issued a voluntary recall last month for about 1,300 bags of Tostitos Cantina Traditional Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips that may contain undeclared milk.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of recall
Noun
  • Djokovic was on the cusp of history, going for a record seventh title in Miami and his 100th title overall, trailing only Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103).
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The history of school desegregation—the history of Brown after Brown—is well known.
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of history
Noun
  • Keaton’s death was a reminder that not all the cases involved jails that outsourced medical care to private companies.
    — Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • After the portrait Öztürk paints of ICE detention, her statement turns back to her old life, a reminder of how abruptly her world has shifted.
    — Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2025
Definition of reminder

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