"core memory" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "A few weeks later I glance at my dreamscape, still sitting near my computer and connect my dreamscape experience to a core memory: my 12-year old^([sic]) self stands in front of the class, shamed by the teacher for not knowing the answer.",
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          "text": "In your classroom, students will develop core memories based on past events, current experiences, and relationships.",
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          "ref": "2021, Jodi Thomas [pseudonym; Jodi Koumalats], Dinner on Primrose Hill, Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 219:",
          "text": "Now and then Ketch almost felt he had a memory of being adrift on the sea. Maybe it was a core memory of the day he was born.",
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          "text": "As I turn to walk out, my face slams right into something firm and hard. I hiss, a string of curses coming out of my mouth, my bag dropping from my shoulder. / “Shit, sorry,” Logan says, picking up the bag from the floor. “You okay?” / No. I’m not okay. At least my nose isn’t bleeding; that’s a core memory right there.",
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          "ref": "2022, DeuxMoi, Jessica Goodman, Anon Pls., William Morrow and Company, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The whole day is morphing into one of those core memories I know will haunt me when I least expect it, years from now, way after I’ve entered a new chapter where working for Sasha Sherman feels like a bad dream.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2022, Ariella Nyssa, Ariella Nyssa’s Self-Love Bible, Allen & Unwin, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Our brains are intricately created and our consciousness is so incredible that we analyse situations, store core memories and instil a sense of who we are — all in that beautiful thinking and feeling organ.",
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          "ref": "2022, Cheryl M-M’s Book Blog, quotee, “Beta Reader Reviews”, in Harry Duffin, Island of Dreams, Cumulus Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "When it comes to ideals, politics and beliefs – even at such a young age core memories have left their mark.",
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          "ref": "2022, Emma Carey, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, Allen & Unwin, →ISBN:",
          "text": "We had shared everything: clothes, childhoods, core memories, tears—but what we were experiencing now was unlike all the years that came before.",
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          "ref": "2022 November 9, Melanie Aman, “35 Gifts To Give If You Want To Be Remembered As A Great Gift-Giver By Your Family”, in BuzzFeed, archived from the original on 2022-11-09:",
          "text": "You're about to make some core memories for folks.",
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          "ref": "2022 December 13, Sarah Vulpio, “What Exactly Is A Core Memory?”, in Glam, archived from the original on 2022-12-14:",
          "text": "What constitutes a \"core memory\" depends on which moments you feel have contributed to creating the person you are today.",
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          "ref": "2023 May 22, Ashley Vega, “NOSTALGIC CHIC ROXY x Kate Bosworth: Where can I buy the Blue Crush-inspired collection?”, in The U.S. Sun, archived from the original on 2023-05-26:",
          "text": "CLOTHING brand ROXY unlocked a core memory for millennials with their newest collection.",
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          "text": "(The brief appearance of the character Zhu Bajie, hilariously translated as “Pigsy,” unlocked a core memory for me.)",
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