failure
Example Sentences
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Many industry groups are price-weighted, so it is possible to have a high-price stock determining the success or failure of a whole group.
Thousands of passengers are stranded across Europe after a communications failure forced Greece to close its airspace, causing widespread cancellations and delays.
From BBC
Julie Sharman, chief operating officer of the Canal and River Trust, said engineers were still investigating the cause of the "catastrophic" failure.
From BBC
These findings help explain why people living with diabetes face a much higher risk of developing heart failure.
From Science Daily
Historically—even in major failures such as that of Executive Life Insurance Co. in the early 1990s—annuity holders continued receiving payments, with only some reductions for those whose benefits exceeded state coverage caps.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
