How to Use short memory in a Sentence

short memory

noun
  • Have short memory and move on to the next.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Having a short memory is a job requirement for a closer.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe this is where youthful enthusiasm and a short memory – and some desperation – kick in.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
  • The cliché may be to have a short memory, but Williams has another piece of advice for the 2025 Yankees.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • History, however, has a short memory.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • General manager Brian Cashman, however, will need to have a short memory.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But Hollywood has a short memory and most of the people who benefited from Devlin’s meteoric rise and the kidnapping can’t be bothered to help her now.
    Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Having a short memory is a good thing for anybody in the NBA, and nobody needs to remind Harper and Bryant to just move on when things don't go their way.
    Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Instead of forgetting older details when its short memory window fills up, the system uses a separate memory module that continually updates itself.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Evidently, the Republican Party has a short memory.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026

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