lose track
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We can zone out or become so absorbed in something like driving or cooking that we lose track of time, without it being a cause for concern.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
"Sometimes we talk for two hours and lose track of time, suddenly remembering that we have to do groceries or pick up children from school."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
It is easy to lose track of which stories to believe and which to discount.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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
Writers themselves can lose track and put too many of them into a word or sentence, making it mean the opposite of what they intended.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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