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amnesia

[am-nee-zhuh] / æmˈni ʒə /
NOUN
memory loss
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There’s a particular kind of culinary amnesia that sets in when you start cooking for yourself.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

Recency bias typically comes with a dash of amnesia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

Some "suffer strokes upon hearing the news, others experience insomnia and amnesia", he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025

He’d had enough trouble with amnesia for one lifetime.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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