at a loss
Example Sentences
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The unit was operating at a loss with monthly revenues recently falling as low as $67,000, according to a network executive not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
"I'm just kind of at a loss for words... 99% of my friends have come from this experience... It's only been this. It's been nothing else."
From BBC • May 22, 2026
It was heavily reliant on a few big customers and ran at a loss.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
Like many doctors, Jenna Crosbie, a trainee GP in north Wales, would have been at a loss as to why a patient like Bethany Norman would refuse steroid creams.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Coach Q, like the rest of us, is at a loss for words.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
