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forgetting

  • present participle of forget.

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Setting and forgetting your student-loan payments could soon give you a big discount.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

But there is no forgetting the star of the show.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

“It’s a compression of life, without transition, so you go from fighting to love, to forgetting, to dying, to rebirth,” Chamblas said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The narrative possibilities of willful forgetting allow Balda’s wool-clad characters to extend themselves far past the boundaries of George’s field and into the hearts of younger and older viewers alike.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

He kept forgetting that Piper’s dad was Tristan McLean, A-list movie star.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan