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amnesia

[am-nee-zhuh] / æmˈni ʒə /
NOUN
memory loss
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Recency bias typically comes with a dash of amnesia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 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

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

The task now is endurance: Organizing, documenting, refusing amnesia.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025

Meeting a king tends to induce a temporary but powerful amnesia.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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