In-living-memory Definition

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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.

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'.'
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In-living-memory Sentence Examples

  • They have already been running the club day-to-day for nearly a year and recently posted a surplus for the first time in living memory.

  • Afghanistan is in the grip of a three-year drought, the worst in living memory.

  • We are also witnessing the biggest exodus from farming in living memory.

  • They said the obvious things - the CSA continues to be the most administratively incompetent government agency in living memory.

  • The city had been plunged into a fiery orange fog by the worst sandstorms in living memory.

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