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misses





VERB
want; feel a loss
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Example Sentences

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That misses the difference between using generative AI to play on your computer and building a mobile gaming business.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

He misses the possibility of repeating the error when, in the same document, he settles—in one decisive, overconfident paragraph—the question of whether the cognitive systems we are building could ever have inner lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“We have three practices a week, and then we have a game. He never misses a practice. He’s here every day, whether we have five players, 12 players. He’s going to be there for us.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Zverev had long been dubbed the best player of his generation to have never won a Grand Slam after a string of near misses - including three defeats in major finals.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

On the left temple, it misses Broca's area for speech.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman



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