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amnesia

[am-nee-zhuh] / æmˈni ʒə /
NOUN
memory loss
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“Defendants cannot claim amnesia as to the history of the case,” Gee wrote Monday in a order to force compliance with the Flores Settlement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Just don’t mistake the current rally for a case of total investor amnesia.

From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

A World War I soldier with post-traumatic amnesia is identified as the missing husband of a Belgian woman in this intimate epic by the Dutch novelist Anjet Daanje.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

Meeting a king tends to induce a temporary but powerful amnesia.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz


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