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as in misses
to be unable to recall or think of
I forget exactly on which street that the house is
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as in ignores
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 neglects
to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness
he forgot the pot boiling on the stove
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as in fails
to miss the opportunity or obligation
I forgot to call on his birthday
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Recent Examples of forgets
No one ever forgets the Sedona skyline.
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Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Still forgets people’s names at parties.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
Unfortunately, Bradley forgets a little thing called search history.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Additional humor comes from a very broad Farmiga, but the series forgets that Barbara exists for long stretches and rarely benefits from her presence.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
But your nervous system never forgets.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
See, everybody forgets that part.
—Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
The left in particular forgets this all the time with shootings, seeking to blame the gun instead.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
The thing about bullying is that the bully typically has no memory of it later, while the wounded party never forgets.
—Rachel Kushner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgets
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This misses the mark, Taub-Dix said.—
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Manager Lita Rodriguez said business is improving, but misses the regulars.—
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In episode six, Max and Holly find the memory that Henry has been hiding from, and while Max kind of ignores it, Holly hangs back and watches how Henry is affected by having killed that man.—
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That demand ignores long-standing practice, misunderstands the Bears’ legal obligations and risks undermining one of Illinois’ most important economic assets.—
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What a leader neglects in the dark will inevitably be revealed in the light, often at staggering costs.—
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This narrative neglects the systemic nature of discrimination, Black lived experiences, and ongoing activism.—
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The state’s latest energy plan fails to recognize and remedy this and portends a bleak, costly energy future, not to mention more pollution and higher health care costs.—
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Holly added that any topic related to her wedding never fails to bring tears to her father's eyes.—
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The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
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However, each conversion step consumes energy, introduces delay, and loses some of the information carried by the original signal.—
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His memoir is a patchy affair, to be honest, which omits entire swaths of his achievement, yet its wayward momentum exerts a certain charm, as if Hopkins were only just in control of his reminiscences.—
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Accordingly, the film retains certain elements of the novel, but omits or changes others.—
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“Forgets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgets. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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