lose track of

Example Sentences

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Unlike a single credit-card bill, managing a dozen different repayment schedules across multiple apps can easily cause shoppers to lose track of their obligations, resulting in missed payments and steep late fees.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Wigler noted that the promise of hitting goals fast with AI tempts tech start-up teams already prone to long workdays to lose track of time and stay on the job even deeper into the night.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Pasricha added that smartphone apps are designed to capture attention and make it easy to lose track of time.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

Mostly, though, we were grinding through narrow paths in the woods, trying not to lose track of the orange trail flags.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

G.G.'s husband died of a heart attack on his sixty-sixth birthday and she started to lose track of things after that.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan