absent-minded
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Kaminska recalled how he would return home more absent-minded, but with an acute need to get stuff off his chest and spend time with his daughter who became a teenager while he was away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Many women talk about having "pregnancy brain" or "baby brain", to describe feeling forgetful, absent-minded or having brain fog.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024
Shoot, today he was just in there and we didn’t have a good practice on offense, and some of the guys I think were a little bit absent-minded on practice.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
Musgrove and catcher Austin Nola were among five absent-minded Padres who mistakenly headed toward the dugout with two outs.
From Washington Times ● May 14, 2023
The reason Mr. Popper was so absent-minded was that he was always dreaming about far-away countries.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
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