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Example Sentences

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Even the savviest, most battle-tested investors may fear missing out.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

If this is a bubble, missing it is exactly the feature a slow-and-steady investor should want.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Founder Jason Trost believes the critics are missing the bigger picture and that there are a lot of "emotions and moralising" with prediction markets.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Existing technologies could only capture part of the picture, often measuring one layer of cellular activity at a time or missing how gene activity changes dynamically over time.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

The family followed these directions to the letter; they couldn’t risk missing Leila or Frankie, whose childhood pranks “would fill a book.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock