losses

noun

plural of loss
1
as in absences
the act or an instance of not having or being able to find he was upset over the loss of his wedding ring

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2
as in fatalities
a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed the platoon was able to accomplish its reconnaissance mission without any losses

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3
as in defeats
failure to win a contest we're discouraged by our loss on Friday, but we're training hard for next week's game nevertheless

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4
as in decreases
the amount by which something is lessened was determined to stay on the diet until he showed a loss of 10 pounds

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5
as in deprivations
the state of being robbed of something normally enjoyed her loss of sleep meant that she would have trouble concentrating at work the next day

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6
as in devastations
the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless the loss of the oil tanker was more significant than the loss of its cargo

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Recent Examples of losses Though opposing armies suffered heavy losses, neither made any significant territorial gains. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026 The Jets, meanwhile, dropped to 0-8 against AFC East opponents under Aaron Glenn, including consecutive losses to New England and Miami. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 The Cleveland Browns come into this game at 4-2 for the season, but both of their losses have come on the road this season. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 After two straight losses, Matthew Stafford and the Rams defeat the Las Vegas Raiders 35-21 to improve to 3-4 on the season. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 Victims can seek compensatory damages for actual losses, but not punitive damages. — Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026 The Jets are 1-14 in their past 15 visits to Gillette Stadium, with six of those losses coming by at least 14 points. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026 The Panthers have sustained enough losses over the years to know that. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for losses
  1. misplacements
  2. fatalities
  3. defeats
  4. decreases
  5. deprivations
  6. devastations
  7. casualties
  8. setbacks
Noun
  • In the novel, Paradella cannot seem to finish the translation, due to distractions, heartbreaks, travels, and misplacements of the manuscript.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of misplacements
Noun
  • Governments usually include fatalities from heatstroke but not necessarily those from cardiovascular and respiratory ailments that are exacerbated by extreme temperatures.
    — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Airport attacks in the capital city of Riyadh led to multiple fatalities, flight cancellations and property damage, while facilities belonging to oil giant Saudi Aramco were targeted last week.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of fatalities
Noun
  • Elsewhere, Leipzig bounced back from heavy defeats against Bayern Munich and Real Madrid by crushing Elversberg 4-0.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Mike Macdonald’s squad is coming off back-to-back losses to the Niners and Broncos, their first consecutive defeats since December 2024.
    — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of defeats
Noun
  • Even with efforts to provide additional access to harm-reduction protections, escalating criminal penalties have not produced the treatment gains or decreases in overdose deaths in Colorado that proponents promised.
    — Joshua Barocas, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
  • When evidence is incomplete or when confidence decreases and risk increases, autonomy should be reduced and the human boundary tightened.
    — Asaf Wiener, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of decreases
Noun
  • Although Lange captured Florence Owens Thompson on one of her hardest days, one of Thompson’s daughters described her mother as someone who loved her family and found joy even among the deprivations of the Great Depression.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Loyal’s drug is designed to trigger some of the same effects, without a dog having to face any of the deprivations experienced by GLP-1 users or the Labradors in the Purina study.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
Definition of deprivations
Noun
  • Most of the new songs wrestle with how to seek pleasure while remaining hyperaware of the devastations of the world, and how that tension can make happiness itself feel like a vice.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of devastations
Noun
  • As many as 16 ballistic missiles and 280 drones were launched by Russia, resulting in casualties, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said early Tuesday.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In Southern California, rival ants warred at the borders of their massive supercolonies for years, with casualties soaring into the millions.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of casualties
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  • Specifically, community members highlighted the 60-decibel noise threshold, 25-foot building setbacks and chalking restrictions.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Other potential launch providers, United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin, are both working through setbacks with their launch vehicles.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of setbacks

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“Losses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/losses. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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