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*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[人們]][[所]][[記得]][[的]]|sc=Hani}}, {{t|cmn|[[人们]][[所]][[记得]][[的]]|tr=rénmen suǒ jìde de|sc=Hani}}, {{t|cmn|[[人們]][[記憶]][[中]]|sc=Hani}}, {{t|cmn|[[人们]][[记忆]][[中]]|tr=rénmen jìyì zhōng|sc=Hani}}
*: 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}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|mensenheugenis|alt=sinds mensenheugenis}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|miesmuistiin}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|miesmuistiin}}

Revision as of 04:21, 3 March 2023

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Prepositional phrase

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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