misfires 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of misfire

misfires

2 of 2

noun

plural of misfire

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Verb
  • From the solar eclipse, supermoons, and now a temporary second moon orbiting the Earth, the sky's paintbrush never fails to bring awe to our eyes.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For example, when a robot fails to pick an overweight item many times, a person on site can be notified to manually handle the item.
    Jeff Mahler, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Judy Randall, the nonpartisan head of Minnesota’s Office of the Legislative Auditor, said that multiple state agencies under the Walz administration have repeatedly downplayed and ignored looming oversight failures, according to a CNN report.
    Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Mutual Accountability High-performance teams take collective ownership of their success and failures.
    Lynda Silsbee, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The rally in equity could be derailed if the central government’s fiscal stimulus package misses expectations, according to Macquarie Capital’s Hsiao.
    Anniek Bao,Sonia Heng, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Morrison misses his late partner’s gigantic belly laugh that would engulf everything in its orbit.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • This enhances your company’s resilience to catastrophes and improves the outcomes of challenges that will occur in the future.
    Topsie VandenBosch, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • These are often catastrophes, as the US found out recently from hurricanes Helene and Milton.
    Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Parents encourage discovery and challenge while offering support during setbacks and disappointments, says Anita.
    Christin Perry, Parents, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Unfortunately, the film was never released, as the studio deemed the two-color animation of insufficient quality—the first of many professional disappointments for Sholpo in his attempts to promote the Variophone.
    Lauren Rosati, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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