missed

Example Sentences

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These are often students who narrowly missed the admissions cutoff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

To be sure, Social Security is not going bankrupt, and the program has never missed a payment in its roughly 90-year history.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Back-row twins Tom and Ben Curry, winger Tom Roebuck, Asher Opoku-Fjordjour, and in recent weeks, fellow front-rowers Bevan Rodd and Luke Cowan-Dickie, have all missed large chunks of action.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

While earnings and revenue came in better-than-expected, guidance missed the mark.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

A room that always had the book you were looking for … Two years and three months had passed without seeing her and he missed her more than ever.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova