from memory

phrase

: without using notes
delivered the entire speech from memory

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Othering victims—by ethnicity, race, religion, nationality, or other characteristics—is typically used by those who kill them to deny their humanity and attempt to erase them from memory. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 3 Aug. 2026 In a 10-minute appointment, a woman is asked to reconstruct months of symptoms from memory. — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Various research groups began publishing papers linking mitochondrial biology to everything from memory formation and depression to Alzheimer’s and heart disease. — Rachel Nuwer, Quanta Magazine, 17 July 2026 Međedović was neither singing from memory nor composing from scratch, and Parry argued that the Homeric poems must have emerged from a similar oral tradition. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for from memory

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Fromm
from memory
from minute to minute
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“From memory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20memory. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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