forgotten

Example Sentences

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The two could have easily been forgotten, obscured by the passage of time as so many returning groups are.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

“If rates or credit spreads ever go up, the companies that borrowed will have to borrow at even higher rates,” Mr. Dimon warns—a timeless lesson often forgotten in credit manias.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Why are some performers remembered, and others forgotten?

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

But after feeling forgotten for most of her career, and forging ahead in spite of it, the idea of going back doesn’t scare her so much.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

I ask, so deep in my work that for a moment I wonder whether Grover Cleveland is a name of one of the boys that I’d somehow forgotten.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse