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amnesia

[am-nee-zhuh] / æmˈni ʒə /
NOUN
memory loss
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Just don’t mistake the current rally for a case of total investor amnesia.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Recency bias typically comes with a dash of amnesia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 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

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

Maybe she got knocked on the head and had amnesia and was wandering around Lewiston, not knowing who she really was, or thinking she was someone else.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech




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