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amnesia

[am-nee-zhuh] / æmˈni ʒə /
NOUN
memory loss
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There’s a particular kind of culinary amnesia that sets in when you start cooking for yourself.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026

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

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

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

After a visit with a neurologist, the actor said he learned he had a condition called transient global amnesia.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

Ifemelu was not crippled or blinded from an accident, not suddenly suffering amnesia.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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