as in defeats
a falling short of one's goals
a youthful drug addict who's headed for a lifetime of nonachievement
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At 31, Moises concludes his UFC tenure with an 8-8 record over 16 fights, having faced recent struggles with three losses in his last four outings, including consecutive defeats.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026 -
The United States almost certainly would have wound up fighting the sort of casualty-heavy counterinsurgency campaign that has led it to costly defeats elsewhere.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
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Researchers examine how teams analyze data, communicate, and make decisions during unexpected technical failures or emergency alarms.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
17 June 2026
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Across the country, bitter winter cold snaps accelerate battery failures overnight.—
Karen Koehler,
Charlotte Observer,
17 June 2026
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Because these kinds of collapses often happen with little or no warning, any orangutans had very little time to escape.—
Mustafa Qadri,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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Sustain the releases across a wide enough area for long enough, and the population starves itself of offspring and collapses.—
Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
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“Nonachievements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonachievements. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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