miss out
Example Sentences
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"Looking back, I would just tell 17-year-old Tony to enjoy it, keep his records up to date and don't miss out on other things in life too," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
That put to rest speculation that Micron wouldn’t be a supplier of HBM4 for the new Nvidia chips, or at least that it would miss out initially.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
However, people with high blood sugar frequently miss out on some of these benefits from exercise, particularly improvements in how efficiently their bodies use oxygen.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
“If I wasn’t on it, I felt like I was going to miss out on something.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
I can usually guess it from context, but other times I just miss out.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.