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  • past participle of lose.
  • past tense form of lose.
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lost

[lawst, lost] / lɔst, lɒst /




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And it wasn’t just USAID’s 10,000 workers who were lost in the shutdown.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

When SpaceX lost a pad in 2016 it took 15 months to rebuild it — and SpaceX had other pads to fall back on.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

And while names like Xanadu had a successful first day on the market, Quantinuum’s public listing quickly lost momentum, a surprising twist for one of the industry’s clear technical leaders.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The cause of the crash, in which the Apache AH-64 helicopter was lost, is still under investigation, according to U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

So at the moment of our greatest triumph, we had lost Marlene.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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