forgetful

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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

Professor Margaret Gatz, an Alzheimer’s researcher who’s been at USC since 1979, said she objected to the special counsel calling Biden elderly and forgetful, as if the one guarantees the other.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2024

"At that point she was forgetful but she was still really great fun, really great company," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024

The truth was, by then, the cancer in Baba’s brain had made him forgetful, negligent.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini