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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

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

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

I could not snap out of my amnesia.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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