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amnesia

[am-nee-zhuh] / æmˈni ʒə /
NOUN
memory loss
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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

In 2023, he appeared on “The Masked Singer” as “The Gnome” and guested for a four-episode run on “Days of Our Lives” as a man with amnesia.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

Another generation called that the “greater fool theory,” but rising equity prices also power an amnesia machine.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 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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