from memory

phrase

: without using notes
delivered the entire speech from memory

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Hampe executed the sixty-one-step process of packing the chute from memory. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 But Jim, who had a photographic memory, could study the script for 10 minutes and then read the entire thing on air from memory. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 There was so much that went wrong last season that ideally the action on the pitch is quickly banished from memory. — Andy Jones, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 If leadership can’t enumerate its AI portfolio from memory, the portfolio is too large. — Abhishek Bahl, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for from memory

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First Known Use

1760, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of from memory was in 1760

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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 1 Sep. 2026.

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