- present tense form of lose (3rd person singular).
loses
Example Sentences
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People have sent her nasty messages online, and strangers have stopped her on the street to tell her they hope Argentina loses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
AOL’s holding company goes public, the World Cup boosts prediction markets, and Eric Trump loses more than $600 million on Bitcoin.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026
Yet as the movement loses territory in Myanmar, it loses credibility abroad.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
"The thing I'm the most worried about is we run somebody and he or she loses, and then we spend the next four years pointing fingers at whose fault that was," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
But if that man loses his cows because he doesn’t care for them properly, or is too lazy to take them to better pastures, no one will pay attention.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
