as in loses
to be unable to find or have at hand
I seem to have misplaced my keys
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An education nonprofit loses funding — a child loses after-school care.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025 -
The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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And any candidate—left, right, or center—who forgets that will fail, because Black voters are insisting that our priorities come first.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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If someone forgets to draw the blinds in their dorms, the camera can see, record everything.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Ugarte then threads the ball to Amad, who misses the target, but is flagged offside anyway.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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But if a student misses two of the exams, that probably isn’t the case.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Misplaces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misplaces. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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