lost opportunity

Example Sentences

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If you are dipping into your investments, you have already made peace with the lost opportunity of returns on the money you will withdraw.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

In sum, it has added up to a lost opportunity to decrease our reliance on foreign oil and the pollution created by that oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

That doesn’t mean this wasn’t a lost opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024

This Games will have more women than ever before, more media coverage and if they don’t grab this moment, it will be a lost opportunity.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2024

Booth struck the bar table with his fist and regretted a lost opportunity.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson