amnesia

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Recent Examples of amnesia As competition heated up with Walmart, Target made what may be viewed by some in hindsight a profound blunder, another case of brand amnesia. Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 And then as soon as the political winds start blowing another direction, there’s corporate amnesia. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025 There’s a moment where Ronald Colman has amnesia. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025 Ford portrays a ruthless, amoral lawyer, who is shot by Leguizamo’s robber, and, after waking from a coma with amnesia, transforms into a more compassionate human being. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for amnesia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amnesia
Noun
  • Even with a low fatality rate, the virus can cause lasting complications, including brain damage, neurological problems, and blindness.
    Suhail Bhat, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Consuming the chemical can result in difficulty breathing, blindness, dizziness, seizures, severe abdominal pain and death.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But some degree of forgetfulness is a normal part of life.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • According to her, his reaction wasn’t just forgetfulness but entitlement.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Acute exposure may cause drowsiness, dizziness and headaches, as well as eye, skin and respiratory tract irritation, and unconsciousness at high levels.
    Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Feel that lovely dog weight, dog density, as your dog settles and downshifts, grows heavy with unconsciousness, and makes the profound noises, the groans of contentment and secret multi-voweled suspirations, of a dog entering its sleep world.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Amnesia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amnesia. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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