missets

verb

present tense third-person singular of misset
as in loses

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  1. loses
  2. passes over
  3. misplaces
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  • As for battery life, the MacBook Air wins most of the face-offs here, but loses to some key rivals, namely the HP Googlebook 14, by a fair margin.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • BetMGM is offering new users a promo code of FOXNEWS, which gives them up to $1,500 in bonuses if their first bet loses.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of loses
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  • The spacecraft must launch when the station’s orbital plane passes over the launch site.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • When the lead satellite passes over something big — for example, a glacier — the object’s gravity pulls the lead satellite faster, creating a larger, measurable gap between it and the follower satellite.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of passes over
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  • Tommy borrows all of Greg’s toiletries and immediately misplaces them.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Mbeumo misplaces a pass as United attack and his family groan before dissecting the move.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Definition of misplaces
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“Missets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missets. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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