forgetful
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Turner said in a 2018 interview with CBS that he had Lewy body dementia, a progressive brain disorder that he said made him tired and forgetful.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Maybe he was wounded, misidentified, forgetful of who he was.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024
Instagram and Snapchat were just two of the many platforms that had pledged to help forgetful, regretful netizens save their nominally temporary posts as long-lasting memories.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2024
“There’s not just getting forgetful, but our risk tolerance changes,” said Lauren Hersch Nicholas, a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine who has studied dementia’s impact on people’s finances.
From New York Times • May 31, 2024
I have never felt like this—slow-witted and languorous, dreamy, absentminded, forgetful, focused only on each moment as it comes.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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