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amnesia

[am-nee-zhuh] / æmˈni ʒə /
NOUN
memory loss
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The big draw: The chance to mingle with more than 18 Hallmark Channel stars including amnesia man Daniel Lissing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

“Defendants cannot claim amnesia as to the history of the case,” Gee wrote Monday in a order to force compliance with the Flores Settlement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

“And Mami’s lost, so he must be especially interested in her. In all the people like her. People with amnesia and shell shock.”

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer


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