as in missing
no longer possessed
we searched all over the house for the lost keys
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as in missed
to be unable to find or have at hand
I always lose my keys
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as in dropped
to fail to win, gain, or obtain
if the team loses this game, they're out of the play-offs
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as in fell
to undergo defeat
she really hates to lose at anything, and inevitably throws tantrums when it happens
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as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we told the recent grad to lose the flashy shirts and dress conservatively for the job interview
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as in spent
to use up carelessly
we lost a good hour while he tried to find his keys
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Recent Examples of lost
Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
The Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 legally allows the U.S. Department of State to waive passport application and file search fees for those who have a lost or damaged passport after certain eligible major disasters.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
Spurs lost first-choice goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario to a right ankle injury in November, with Fraser Forster deputising in the Italian’s absence in their last 10 games.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke and David Ornstein, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The result was a 6-3 Ottawa win and a lost chance for the B’s to cash points with now just 15 games to play.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
The Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 legally allows the U.S. Department of State to waive passport application and file search fees for those who have a lost or damaged passport after certain eligible major disasters.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
So when Kay lost the show’s NFL picks contest in 2018, his punishment was to eat a Whopper from Burger King on air.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
Spurs lost first-choice goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario to a right ankle injury in November, with Fraser Forster deputising in the Italian’s absence in their last 10 games.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke and David Ornstein, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lost
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Aurora Police Public Information Officer Joe Moylan said the department did not receive a report about the escaped detainees until approximately 2:30 a.m., two hours after the men were confirmed missing and five hours after the facility's power went out.—
Christina Shaw,
Fox News,
20 Mar. 2025
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The fisherman who rescued the two 16-year-old girls who went missing while paddleboarding in Florida are speaking out about finding the teenagers.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Lions have dealt with a number of injuries throughout the 2024 season, including a season-ending injury to Pro Bowl pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson and a serious one suffered by running back David Montgomery, who missed the last three weeks of the season after suffering an MCL injury.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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Mimi Sound Personalization fine-tunes audio to reveal details that might otherwise be missed.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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One of the people who lost his job at NOAA in late February was working on models to better predict severe weather, like the storm that felled my tree.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
7 Mar. 2025
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The coalition will be under pressure to deliver results and avoid the infighting that has felled previous governments.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Although the carcasses of many holiday evergreens are discarded with trash bags, others often find a useful, sustainable second life.—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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According to Garcia, ham should be discarded if left out for longer than two hours in the Danger Zone.—
Fernanda Galan,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Jan. 2025
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By this logic, reducing the time spent on task initiation can increase your overall productivity, with more time spent on actual work rather than task transitioning.—
Daniel Wendt,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Rushdie was born in India, but spent much of his life in the UK and now resides in New York.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
27 Dec. 2024
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So many firsts, gone, charred to ash, just remnants of an area that once represented Black prosperity and joy.—
Maya Richard-Craven,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The original pioneers were mostly busy making non-hyperpop or gone: SOPHIE tragically died in 2021; 100 gecs spent years toiling to make their zany stadium-rock second album.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
3 Oct. 2024
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Our hopes for the power of small transformations may be misplaced, while the power of the sudden apparition—The drones are here!—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
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If that optimism ends up being misplaced, Bangladesh — even post-Hasina — will be the latest reminder of democracy's global slump, and of people power's unfinished work.—
Michael Kugelman,
NPR,
21 Dec. 2024
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Beyond Big Pharma As obesity drug stocks faltered, the other side of the weight loss drug trade has rebounded.—
Christina Cheddar Berk,
CNBC,
23 Dec. 2024
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Long the top-selling Chinese carmaker in Europe, the once-British sportscar brand has faltered recently, logging a 58% drop in registrations last month from a year earlier, based on data provided by Jato Dynamics, another research firm.—
Kristine Gill,
Fortune Asia,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Lost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lost. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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