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amnesia

[am-nee-zhuh] / æmˈni ʒə /
NOUN
memory loss
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Can he provide blessed amnesia to the Mavericks faithful?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

Some "suffer strokes upon hearing the news, others experience insomnia and amnesia", he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025

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

There were supposed to be also instances when the spirits returned to the wrong bodies and the person suffered from amnesia.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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