lose track
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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
One could also ask, though, more basically whether this defendant would qualify as a habitual user, and I want to explore that before we lose track of it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 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
Some people have difficulty managing multiple accounts held at differing institutions and people do lose track.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026
The problem with the sheep was that in the shock and pain of birthing, if she was left in the herd, she would often lose track of her lamb and the lamb would die.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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