lost (to)

past tense of lose (to)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lost (to)
Verb
  • Although the content was a Patreon exclusive, subscribers felt that those who did not pay for the extra JBP content needed to see what went down.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Milwaukee went down in order in the bottom of the fourth and fifth innings.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The trees had already been felled and piled by the landowner; the log piles were initially slated to be burned to reduce the fire hazard.
    Syris Valentine, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Grainier‘s an itinerant lumber man who worked the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the 20th century, felling timber and building railroads.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Lost (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lost%20%28to%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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