lose out
verb
lost out; losing out; loses out
: to fail to win in competition : fail to receive an expected reward or gain
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Storm lost out to Shirley Allenbrand by roughly 4% of the vote in a 2024 race for the District 6 seat on the Johnson County Commission.
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
With more work needed on the squad this summer, losing out would impact transfer plans.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Anthropic lost out on a $200 million Pentagon contract because its CEO refused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s demands to remove the Anthropic chatbot Claude’s internal safeguards against spying on Americans and against launching weapons without human oversight.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
The Dallas Cowboys, for example, who were bidding against the Ravens initially for Crosby and lost out, have moved on after acquiring defensive end Rashan Gary in a trade with the Green Bay Packers.
—Pat Leonard, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
With more work needed on the squad this summer, losing out would impact transfer plans.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Anthropic lost out on a $200 million Pentagon contract because its CEO refused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s demands to remove the Anthropic chatbot Claude’s internal safeguards against spying on Americans and against launching weapons without human oversight.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
The Dallas Cowboys, for example, who were bidding against the Ravens initially for Crosby and lost out, have moved on after acquiring defensive end Rashan Gary in a trade with the Green Bay Packers.
—Pat Leonard, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Lose out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lose%20out. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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