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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

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

I’d become a photoshopping error, and our two weeks away on break had given everyone some kind of amnesia.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi




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