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lacunas

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They are, instead, lacunas to be reckoned with, stemming from the abiding obscurity of human psychology and deepened by the mercurial, ever-fading state of memory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Of course, we all have these lacunas in our reading histories.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Finding those lacunas is part of the fun of this show.

From Washington Post • May 3, 2018

But at its most persuasive, “First Person” is an aria on the necessity of self-invention, on the loops and lacunas of memory and the bullish inadequacy of all language.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2018

My tendency, on the contrary, is to feel with increased force the lacunas, deformities, and imperfections of the group to which I belong.

From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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