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Recent Examples of amnesiac
Domoic acid is a neurotoxin produced by certain algae that can accumulate in shellfish and cause amnesic shellfish poisoning in humans.
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Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amnesiac
Adjective
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They are being given directions by a senile old man who is losing his mind.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
22 Mar. 2026
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His older brother, played by Paul Wesley, has died under mysterious circumstances, forcing Ethan to return home to contend with that grief, with the stark fact of his senile mother, and with the resentments of former friends who view his departure as a betrayal.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The boyfriend is dead and Betty helps Laura, relatively unharmed but dazed, back to her house.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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When Sneaky Snook in his mail truck happened upon the wreckage near the boundary of Meredith Downs, sheep were scattered along the roadside and the fence, bleating, dazed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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There was no punchline, no twist — just the straightforward, slightly bewildered observation that someone, somewhere, had performed surgery on a grape.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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Exasperated, bewildered, and realizing other musicians were also dealing with this, Bender came up with a way to show just how porous the system was.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In all instances, people are often oblivious about the state of their mouths.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
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In most videos, Garcia is a one-woman band, acting not only as herself, but also as characters commonly seen in Hispanic homes, including the nagging abuela, oblivious dad and loud mom.—
Xitlalic Montelongo,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Psychoanalysts say that around the age of two or two and a half, children become preoccupied with the notion of siblings.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Adelman could have positioned Murray or Johnson right outside the arc on the single side to chase the ball to make up for the empty space, instead of being so preoccupied with crashing rebounders.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Well, any information that’s ever been transmitted on the Internet is a lost cause—because even if it was encrypted, an opponent could have downloaded and saved it for a future where quantum computers can decrypt any of the old methods.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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Milford e-bike warning Milford police issued the warning to the public after a 15-year-old lost control of an e-bike and was hit by a car on Wednesday.—
Logan Hall,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates worries that books, unlike oral traditions, will make people more forgetful.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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Lucky for the forgetful reader who checked out the book, the library got rid of overdue fines in 2021, so they won’t be charged a dime.—
Saul Pink,
San Antonio Express-News,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Kendall took off his shirt, unmindful of the scar slashing down his torso.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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The unmindful construction planning, noise and light pollution, and Tesla traffic jams have meanwhile done nothing to endear the diner to those living nearby — the lifeblood of most successful restaurants — and anti-Musk demonstrators are organizing a series of protests at the location.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
27 July 2025
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“Amnesiac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amnesiac. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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