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
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
She said that it was easier for her to budget and not lose track of what she had spent.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 1, 2025
Mostly, though, we were grinding through narrow paths in the woods, trying not to lose track of the orange trail flags.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
“I didn't realize you were here then. I thought you came to the village more recently. I would have guessed, oh, five or six years ago. But we lose track of time, don’t we?”
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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