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amnesia

[am-nee-zhuh] / æmˈni ʒə /
NOUN
memory loss
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Her detective, the Victorian policeman William Monk, suffers from amnesia, and sometimes wonders exactly who he is.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

There’s a particular kind of culinary amnesia that sets in when you start cooking for yourself.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025

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

He’d had enough trouble with amnesia for one lifetime.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan


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