at a loss
Example Sentences
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"They told me that their business had been running at a loss for the last five or six years and I asked them, 'so how can I help you?',"
From BBC
“I have never in my life been at a loss for words.”
From Literature
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In July, Intel took a nearly $800 million impairment charge, in part due to selling off older manufacturing machinery at a loss, which the company believed it no longer needed.
“What they did effectively trapped traders, forcing many to sell at a loss in a lower liquidity environment, and adding liquidity back in does not undo the damage done.”
So when she was at a loss for words, the way she was now, that scared him.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.