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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

Desperate to escape the confinement of her home life, Dilara becomes drawn to these women, and “The Renovation” delves further into the themes of emigration, amnesia and incarceration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

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

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

By now the historical amnesia is almost total.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 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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