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==English==
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|en-au-in living memory.ogg|a=AU}}


===Prepositional phrase===
===Prepositional phrase===
{{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=[[in]] [[living]] [[memory]]}}
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# {{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
# {{lb|en|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 [[wikipedia:Roberts_Court|Roberts Court]] is the most politically conservative '''in living memory'''.''
#: ''The [[wikipedia:Roberts_Court|Roberts Court]] is the most politically conservative '''in living memory'''.''
#: ''Last summer, Georgia was hit by the mightiest heat wave '''in living memory'''.''
#: {{ux|en|Last summer, Georgia was hit by the mightiest heat wave '''in living memory'''.}}
#: ''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'.'
#: {{ux|en|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.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1941|month=April|title=Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow|journal=Railway Magazine|page=177|text=The snowstorm of Sunday, January 28, was the worst '''in living memory'''.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|in recent memory}}
* {{l|en|within living memory}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|within extant people's recorded history}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[人們]][[所]][[記得]][[的]]|tr=rénmen suǒ jìde de}}, {{t|cmn|[[人們]][[記憶]][[中]]|tr=rénmen jìyì zhōng}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|mensenheugenis|alt=sinds mensenheugenis}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|miesmuistiin}}
* French: {{t+|fr|de mémoire d'homme}}
* German: {{t|de|seit Menschengedenken}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|emberemlékezet óta}}
* Italian: {{t|it|a memoria d'uomo}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|tagadējās paaudzes atmiņā}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|[[za]] [[ludzki]]ej [[pamięć|pamięci]]}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|[[dos]] [[últimos]] [[tempos]]}}, {{t|pt|[[dos]] [[últimos]] [[anos]]}}, {{t|pt|[[de]] [[que]] [[se]] [[tem]] [[lembrança]]}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[на]] [[память|па́мяти]] [[нынешнее|ны́нешнего]] [[поколение|поколе́ния]]}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|[[que]] [[recordarse|se recuerda]]}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|i mannaminne}}
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{{topics|en|Memory|Time|History}}
===References===
* [http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+living+memory Idioms dictionary: "in living memory"]
* [http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2010/07/25/the-most-conservative-supreme-court-in-living-memory/ Political usage of living memory in pertinance to SCOTUS]
* [http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2010/2010-08-02-01.html In living memory, here in regards to meteorological events]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV0avCpCVfs Biggest New Zealand Protests "in living memory"]
* [http://www.wildlifeextra.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=1&listitemid=4949&live=0#cr First in-captivity osprey chick in living memory hatched]
* [http://www.macmillandictionary.com/thesaurus/british/living#in-living-memory_1 Macmilland Dictionary, "in living memory"]

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in living memory

  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.
    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.
    • 1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 177:
      The snowstorm of Sunday, January 28, was the worst in living memory.

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