Example Sentences

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That’s $900 billion in gains that retail investors will have missed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"This extended stay in space will have disrupted family life, things will have happened back home that they will have missed out on, so there will have been a period of upheaval."

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

Leonard, who is averaging 23.7 points per game on 52.5% shooting from the field and 41.7% on threes, will have missed only his eighth game of the season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2024

The setback means Robinson, a second-round pick out of Alabama in 2017, will have missed games because of injuries in five of his seven NFL seasons.

From Washington Times • Nov. 27, 2023

"A political paper! Too bad the war will soon be over. The army could use soldiers like you. With your mind, you'd make a smashing officer. It's too bad you will have missed it."

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti