1
as in to miss
to be unable to recall or think of
I forget exactly on which street that the house is
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2
as in to ignore
to fail to give proper attention to
she promised not to forget her high school friends after she went off to college
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as in to neglect
to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness
he forgot the pot boiling on the stove
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as in to fail
to miss the opportunity or obligation
I forgot to call on his birthday
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Recent Examples of forget
Garcia's mom can't forget that detail.
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Susan Young, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Don’t forget about your beauty.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
Don’t forget to take the resale of your home into consideration as well.
—Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 14 Jan. 2026
This is a betrayal that can not be quickly forgotten.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
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The reason for the different numbers of missing and rescued given by police and Archival was not immediately clear.—
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Authorities said Sutton ignored multiple commands to comply and resisted detention.—
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The background checks on Cook, if in fact there were any, were totally ignored.—
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And his administration has shown derision for Congress, controlled by the president’s own party, approving historically few bills and neglecting those that have passed, such as the Epstein Files Transparency Act.—
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That soft‑power approach helped humanize a government that was simultaneously centralizing authority, pressuring independent media, and neglecting long‑term investment in the oil sector that underpinned the entire economy.—
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If the settlement failed to cover the amount owed, some funders went after the women for the remainder.—
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Owner Mark Davis has failed for years to find answers, and this time around, Tom Brady appears to be taking control of the rebuild.—
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Indiana has lost more than 700 games in its history and now is one game away from a national title.—
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To our minds, Wednesday's horror, those kids who lost a mother, should supplant the inevitable circling of the ideological wagons and the parsing of the different angles of pictures taken at the scene.—
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Lastly, left back Rafael Santos was omitted after providing a huge offensive spark as a wingback toward the end of 2025.—
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That absence recalls how Black communities have been deliberately omitted from Miami’s master plans for generations, first through segregation and redlining, now through redevelopment that renders the people who lived here an inconvenient memory.—
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“Forget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forget. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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