1
: resulting in or likely to result in defeat
a losing battle
a losing poker hand
2
: marked by many losses or more losses than wins
a losing streak
a losing record
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Monday’s moves also follow a losing week for many key tech and quantum computing names, with Truist’s Keith Lerner noting that leaders eventually fall in a corrective phase.
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Samantha Subin, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
But Mara didn’t sound like a man who wanted to witness too many more losing seasons.
—Howard Megdal, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Tua threw 40 times in a losing effort against the inferior secondary of the Texans last week.
—Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
On the losing end of Wall Street was U.S. Steel, which sank 5% after saying its fourth-quarter results will probably come in below its earlier forecast.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Samantha Subin, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
But Mara didn’t sound like a man who wanted to witness too many more losing seasons.
—Howard Megdal, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Tua threw 40 times in a losing effort against the inferior secondary of the Texans last week.
—Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
On the losing end of Wall Street was U.S. Steel, which sank 5% after saying its fourth-quarter results will probably come in below its earlier forecast.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Losing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/losing. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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