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all our savings went for lottery tickets, and now we're sunk
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Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
The sunk cost fallacy is a bias that behavioral economists say can cause a person to stick with a losing investment.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2022
One of their best times was a day where their biggest haul was a bunch of sunk bushes near the shore, where all three of them managed to tangle their lines.
—Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022
There is also the opportunity for organizations to connect freely via virtual communication, reducing the sunk cost of initial conversations.
—Dax Grant, Forbes, 13 June 2022
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Adjective
The sunk cost fallacy, for example, can lead companies to continue investing in maintaining a physical office space, despite the benefits of remote work.
—Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
The sunk cost fallacy is a bias that behavioral economists say can cause a person to stick with a losing investment.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2022
One of their best times was a day where their biggest haul was a bunch of sunk bushes near the shore, where all three of them managed to tangle their lines.
—Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022
There is also the opportunity for organizations to connect freely via virtual communication, reducing the sunk cost of initial conversations.
—Dax Grant, Forbes, 13 June 2022
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“Sunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunk. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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