lose out
verb
lost out; losing out; loses out
: to fail to win in competition : fail to receive an expected reward or gain
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FactSet also warned that should these projects now struggling for funding go under, this could result in the U.S. losing out on 228 gigawatts of potential capacity.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
At a certain point, Corson said, STAR bonds enter the realm of a philosophical debate – are municipalities losing out on tax revenue because the dollars go toward paying off bonds, or would the revenue have never otherwise been collected without the STAR bond project?
—Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2025
Its latest, 2024’s Happiness Bastards, was nominated for a Grammy Award for best rock album, losing out to the Rolling Stones’ Hackney Diamonds.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 12 Feb. 2025
Section 31 reminds me of the failures of J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek films, which went out of their way to mimic the rollicking adventuresome nature of Star Wars, losing out on what makes this franchise endure.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
At a certain point, Corson said, STAR bonds enter the realm of a philosophical debate – are municipalities losing out on tax revenue because the dollars go toward paying off bonds, or would the revenue have never otherwise been collected without the STAR bond project?
—Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2025
Its latest, 2024’s Happiness Bastards, was nominated for a Grammy Award for best rock album, losing out to the Rolling Stones’ Hackney Diamonds.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 12 Feb. 2025
Section 31 reminds me of the failures of J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek films, which went out of their way to mimic the rollicking adventuresome nature of Star Wars, losing out on what makes this franchise endure.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Lose out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lose%20out. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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