forget
verb (used with object)
to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall.
are forgetting
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present progressiveof forget.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"People suffer psychotic behaviour, suffer bipolar behaviour, for many, many years... And I think people are forgetting that."
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
These commentators are forgetting that not every rally in December can be credited to Santa.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025
“I think the thing that people are forgetting is that he has this very intense legal challenge ahead of him,” Chiusano said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Persistent attacks mean that only about a third of school-age children there are attending classes fully in person and many are forgetting what they have already learned, it said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023
“We think the landscape is fading because these people are forgetting it. The farther they go away from their homes, the darker it will get.”
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
