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in living memory

in living memory prepositional phrase: in recent history, in recorded history amongst the lifespan of extant people; events or situations which can be remembered by people that are still alive.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) In recent history, in recorded history amongst the lifespan of extant people; events or situations which can be remembered by people that are still alive.
    • The Roberts Court is the most politically conservative in living memory.
    • Last summer, Georgia was hit by the mightiest heat wave in living memory.

in living memory meaning in Bengali

in living memory in Bengali

সাম্প্রতিক ইতিহাসে

Examples of in living memory in a sentence

  • Long believed to be extinct, the purple-bellied speckled turtle was sighted for the first time in living memory in a remote pasture near Chicago.
  • The snowstorm of Sunday, January 28, was the worst in living memory.1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 177:

Synonyms of in living memory

Questions about in living memory

What does in living memory mean?
In living memory means in recent history, in recorded history amongst the lifespan of extant people; events or situations which can be remembered by people that are still alive.
What is in living memory in Bengali?
In living memory in Bengali is সাম্প্রতিক ইতিহাসে. See In living memory meaning in Bengali.
How do you use in living memory in a sentence?
Long believed to be extinct, the purple-bellied speckled turtle was sighted for the first time in living memory in a remote pasture near Chicago.
What part of speech is in living memory?
In living memory is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in living memory in the dictionary

  1. in line
  2. in line with
  3. in liquor
  4. in little
  5. in living color
  6. in living memory
  7. in loco
  8. in loco parentis
  9. in loco parentum
  10. in love
  11. in love with

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in living memory (page history and authors); in living memory (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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