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is forgetting

  • present progressive of forget (3rd person singular).

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He’s famous enough to be opening on Broadway in “King Lear,” but he has to be pushed onstage and is forgetting lines.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 1, 2026

The federation accused Romania’s government is forgetting the “heroism shown by health professionals” during the pandemic.

From Washington Times Jun. 8, 2023

"Nowadays everyone is forgetting Afghanistan... No one is speaking about this, all the news is about other things," she said.

From Reuters Feb. 15, 2022

Or is forgetting the details of a dessert a good thing, given that everyday life is filled with an enormous number of details, too many for a finite human brain to remember accurately?

From Washington Post Dec. 17, 2021

‘You is talking too loud! You is forgetting that I is hearing every little thingalingaling fifty times louder than usual and there you is shouting away right inside my ear!’

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl