setback

Example Sentences

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But analysts said Sanofi had recently suffered setbacks in drug development, and its share price has lost a fourth of its value over the past year.

From Barron's

That setback kept him out for 14 matches, until his long-awaited return last weekend.

From BBC

If the increase in inflation in January is bigger than expected, it would be a setback for the Fed and perhaps even reset the clock on the next interest-rate cut.

From MarketWatch

“Being underwater on your mortgage doesn’t necessarily carry long-term negative effects, but it is a financial setback,” Stephen Kates, a certified financial planner and a financial analyst at Bankrate, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch

If the increase in inflation in January is bigger than expected, it would be a setback for the Fed and perhaps even reset the clock on the next interest-rate cut.

From MarketWatch