lost in the shuffle
idiom
US
: not noticed or given attention because there are many other people or things to consider or deal with
With six older kids, the baby sometimes is/gets lost in the shuffle.
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The other Sharks have been lost in the shuffle amid the Sharks’ re-emergence to relevance and Celebrini’s rapid ascent to superstar status.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 Nov. 2025
Freddie Freeman hit the walk-off homer, while Will Klein stole the show with his pitching heroics out of the bullpen in extra innings — but lost in the shuffle was how special Ohtani was on the night.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
Tax offices, insurers, and law firms all wrestled with mountains of paperwork, compliance checks that drained attention, and details lost in the shuffle between teams.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 30 Sep. 2025
Perhaps lost in the shuffle this week: Nvidia announced a new chip designed for the day-to-day running of AI workloads known as inference, not training.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 Nov. 2025
Freddie Freeman hit the walk-off homer, while Will Klein stole the show with his pitching heroics out of the bullpen in extra innings — but lost in the shuffle was how special Ohtani was on the night.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
Tax offices, insurers, and law firms all wrestled with mountains of paperwork, compliance checks that drained attention, and details lost in the shuffle between teams.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 30 Sep. 2025
Perhaps lost in the shuffle this week: Nvidia announced a new chip designed for the day-to-day running of AI workloads known as inference, not training.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Lost in the shuffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lost%20in%20the%20shuffle. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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