- past tense form of forget.
forgot
Americanverb
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"She came running back and she said, 'Mammy, I forgot to give you a kiss'," Jeanette said.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
In preparing for the premiere of “860,” which runs until Jan. 3, Crystal recalled a brief moment where he forgot Reiner was gone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Ms. Dunn’s underlying theme is that humans spent centuries groping in the dark for their position, built a system that ended that groping, and then forgot the dark was ever there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Rolison’s case is one of inertia; he most likely forgot about his beneficiary designation entirely.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
And to look at it yet another way, he and I have had infinite conversations, all in my brain, from the moment I forgot the code.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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