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amnesia

[am-nee-zhuh] / æmˈni ʒə /
NOUN
memory loss
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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

He claimed at the tribunal in August that he had suffered from anxiety and depression, while a union representative said he "had suffered from a recognised condition that day, known as transient global amnesia".

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Another generation called that the “greater fool theory,” but rising equity prices also power an amnesia machine.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

By now the historical amnesia is almost total.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

I’d become a photoshopping error, and our two weeks away on break had given everyone some kind of amnesia.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi




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