How to Use anterograde in a Sentence
anterograde
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Shin Si-ah in a bittersweet high-school romance centered on a girl with anterograde amnesia whose memories reset each morning.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2026
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Nolan’s brother, Jonathan, pitched him a story during a road trip about a man with anterograde amnesia who can’t form new lasting memories and yet is intent on tracking down and killing the man who raped and killed his wife.
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ArsTechnica,
6 Apr. 2026
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Directed by Kim Hye-young, the film is a bittersweet high-school romance centered on a girl with anterograde amnesia whose memories reset each morning.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
12 Jan. 2026
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Christopher Nolan’s neo-noir breakout follows a man (Guy Pearce) suffering from anterograde amnesia who tries to solve his wife’s murder without the ability to form new short-term memories.
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Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
27 Mar. 2024
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This psychological thriller stars Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, a man with anterograde amnesia struggling to track down his wife’s murderer using a system of tattoos and notes.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
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Even neuroscientists have praised the film’s realistic and accurate depiction of anterograde amnesia and the basic neurobiology of memory.
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ArsTechnica,
6 Apr. 2026
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