Example Sentences

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There’s a chance that the S&P 500 a decade from now will have lost 5.4% a year after inflation.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026

If Coomer wins his defamation case against Lindell — and I really hope he does — Lindell will have lost a lot and gained very little.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025

“If we don’t act soon … we will feel in our own selves that we will have lost everything,” says Monique Middleton, vice chair of the Bunuba Dawangarri Aboriginal Corporation.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 15, 2024

The National Weather Service projected Friday that, by the time Hilary reaches southern California it will have lost wind velocity and dropped below 74 miles per hour.

From Washington Times • Aug. 19, 2023

We will have lost them, and we will ride hard for the Fist, and tell the Old Bear all we know.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin