forgetful
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"You remember her as the forgetful mother, right?" said Culkin.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
K Callan, the actor, is having a moment, showered with praise fo her turn as Ruth, the forgetful secretary to Matthew Rhys’ Mayor Tom Loftis, in Apple TV‘s hit horror quasi-comedy “Widow’s Bay.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
New York City earned the title of America's most forgetful city, while Sunday was crowned as the most forgetful day on the list.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Turner said in a 2018 interview with CBS that he had Lewy body dementia, a progressive brain disorder that he said made him tired and forgetful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
I have never felt like this—slow-witted and languorous, dreamy, absentminded, forgetful, focused only on each moment as it comes.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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