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miss

[mis] / mɪs /




VERB
want; feel a loss
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In people with darker skin, changes in skin colour may be less obvious, Sesay added, meaning someone looking specifically for the signs described online could miss iron deficiency.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Don’t miss: Looking for AI stocks that are still cheap?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

The market had anticipated a substantially sharper increase, especially given the 2Q revenue miss that potentially delayed some revenue recognition to 3Q, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The popularity of rewards programs has created a subculture of people obsessed with maximizing their benefits, with cardholders now keeping spreadsheets and setting up calendar reminders to ensure they don’t miss out on perks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

I didn’t want to miss another visit with Mr. Harris, but at the same time, I didn’t want to give Rhys the impression that I didn’t want to see him.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Otherwise, if Samantha Morton misses for ‘The Odyssey,’ we ride at dawn.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Analysts who track companies’ earnings beats and misses routinely strip out recurring costs like stock-based pay, if management guides them to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The company misses on both earnings per share and revenue expectations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

"The kind of person who misses a flight and, instead of panicking, calmly adapts to the situation. This person may still feel stressed, but they're better able to manage it through psychological flexibility."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

“This was Ruby’s idea, actually. She misses her mom and says the spoons sound like her mom’s laughter.”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

The larger missed opportunity is Expo Park itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The result was partly due to a $1.9 billion write-down for neuromuscular drug candidate del-desiran after it missed the mark in a late-stage clinical trial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Cancellations, missed check-ins and arguments over what the hotel promised are harder.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Those targets currently call for a 40-45 percent reduction by 2030 compared with 2005 levels, but Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has already indicated those benchmarks may be missed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Contestants are tending to their boats, putting last-minute patches of duct tape on areas they missed.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

She said Michael Litberg, owner of Neverless Construction, who is also deaf, told her that the tools had gone missing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

However, the measurements showed that this darker hemisphere was not warm enough to explain all the missing heat.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

People were missing work, and had been delinquent on repairs, and late on bills, calling in favors everywhere, even for the essentials.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

I had my best shot of the week on the fifth hole, missing a hole-in-one by 6 inches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

“Her dog is missing, a black-and-white dog with a freckled muzzle.”

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff


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