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amnesia

[am-nee-zhuh] / æmˈni ʒə /
NOUN
memory loss
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The big draw: The chance to mingle with more than 18 Hallmark Channel stars including amnesia man Daniel Lissing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Her detective, the Victorian policeman William Monk, suffers from amnesia, and sometimes wonders exactly who he is.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026

For me, these bits and pieces of one man’s story connect to the longer and more tragic tale of the American-Afghan century, now erased in near-total amnesia.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025

If I Google traumatic brain injury, most websites tell me selective amnesia is a consequence.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart


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