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fugue

[fyoog] / fyug /
NOUN
amnesia
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Yet investors didn’t show the same anxiety once trading started, sending the indices into a sort of fugue state.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Not yogurt eaten in a fugue state between Slack pings.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

“He’s the Rock of Ages of music,” says Carpenter, who particularly loves the fugue nicknamed “St. Anne” and the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

What happened to Steve, the Yorkie, during Taissa’s fugue state?

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

In a typical Bach fugue, such as the ‘Gigue Fugue’, the tune to be imitated would be much longer than the four notes that begin 'London’s Burning’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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