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amnesia

[am-nee-zhuh] / æmˈni ʒə /
NOUN
memory loss
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Just don’t mistake the current rally for a case of total investor amnesia.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Desperate to escape the confinement of her home life, Dilara becomes drawn to these women, and “The Renovation” delves further into the themes of emigration, amnesia and incarceration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Transient global amnesia is a sudden, temporary interruption of short-term memory.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

The millennial icon, as luminous as ever, plays a filthy-rich hotel heiress named Sierra Belmont, who develops amnesia after bumping her head in a skiing accident.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

His swaggering personality is swallowed up somewhere in the amnesia of my childhood.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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