as in falls short (of)
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Samuel Moyn, a Yale law and history professor, thinks that debate misses the deeper story.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
16 June 2026 -
Declaring victory for women investors while ignoring why women own less stock turns a gender difference into a gender war and misses the entire point.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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“Fails (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fails%20%28at%29. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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