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
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
These are not the lost arts of a fallen civilization.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
Despite being the much smaller team, the Valkyries only lost the rebounding battle 34-32.
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Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
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Adjective
He, like the objects, is stuck between here and the hereafter, and is mourning a lost love just as a new one introduces herself.
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Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
These are not the lost arts of a fallen civilization.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
Verb
If the testicle is not untwisted within hours, it can be lost.
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Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
Despite being the much smaller team, the Valkyries only lost the rebounding battle 34-32.
—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lost
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Somewhere in the middle of this Los Angeles neo-noir, Colin Farrell’s quiet, well-dressed, cinema-loving private eye was revealed to be a blue-skinned alien — then the show just kept going, missing-persons mystery intact.
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When resort employee Celia (Victoria Kantch) goes missing, the show doesn’t investigate her disappearance through the lens of law enforcement or even her own father, who manages the resort.
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Maybe your flight was canceled, your luggage disappeared, you got stranded overseas, missed a cruise departure or learned a hard lesson the hard way.
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The consensus seems to be that the Mavs will target a point guard, which makes sense as the Mavs’ current lead guard, Kyrie Irving, is 34 and missed all of last season recovering from a torn ACL.
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Another ten minutes on the train over to the terminal – yes, the terminal our flight dropped us at originally.
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Tom Kim dropped two shots at the wrong time and shot 72.
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Aalto University / Mahdi Asgari History is filled with stories of the great being felled by the puny.
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And those are the lucky ones, who weren’t felled by late-season injuries and bumped from the tournament the way Brazil’s Rodrygo, Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma and Germany’s Serge Gnabry were.
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This was corrected, and the vermouth was discarded.
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Inspectors stopped food preparation immediately and tomato soup prepared with the brown water was discarded.
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Reid had already spent two seasons playing Lestat through other characters’ memories and perspectives.
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The foundation spent around $850 million to construct the Obama center, nearly three times the original $300 million estimate.
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Suddenly, photos, videos, or important documents are just… gone.
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Room by room, the author takes us through the house, now long gone.
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And while those depictions may have been more accurate at the time, the emphasis often felt misplaced.
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Who among us hasn’t misplaced a credit card and not noticed it until someone racked up thousands of dollars in fraudulent charges?
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“Lost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lost. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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