as in disasters
something that has failed
the first movie in the series was good, but all the sequels have been losers
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Recent Examples of losers
The public and private markets have decided that infrastructure companies and the top model developers are the AI winners, while software companies are the likely losers, regardless of how strong their businesses may look today.
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2026
Investors are starting to pick AI winners and losers.
—John Kell, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Winning players will be paid $178,000 while losers will receive $103,000.
—Robert Raiola, Sportico.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Stocks of software companies and others seen as potential losers to competitors powered by artificial intelligence also slumped.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
The losers don’t exactly lose out, either.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Many people envision salary discussions as adversarial encounters with winners and losers.
—Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Picking winners and losers, heroes and villains, pathways to success and failure, generates excitement for an event and manufactures a sense of urgency for maximal viewing pleasure.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2026
Matthew Stockman / Getty Images At the world-class level of sports, miniscule differences can separate winners from losers, and gold from silver or bronze.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
Jordan Novet, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2026
Investors are starting to pick AI winners and losers.
—John Kell, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Winning players will be paid $178,000 while losers will receive $103,000.
—Robert Raiola, Sportico.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Stocks of software companies and others seen as potential losers to competitors powered by artificial intelligence also slumped.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
The losers don’t exactly lose out, either.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Many people envision salary discussions as adversarial encounters with winners and losers.
—Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Picking winners and losers, heroes and villains, pathways to success and failure, generates excitement for an event and manufactures a sense of urgency for maximal viewing pleasure.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2026
Matthew Stockman / Getty Images At the world-class level of sports, miniscule differences can separate winners from losers, and gold from silver or bronze.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for losers
Noun
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The next commissioner must prepare for more frequent disasters while managing long term coastal erosion.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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The February 2021 freeze became one of the deadliest and costliest disasters in state history.—
Newsroom Meteorologist,
Houston Chronicle,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Cowboys’ owner and general manager saw the failures in his defense during the 2025 season.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Justice Department has acknowledged these redaction failures.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There is something disorienting about treading water as your date catalogues their personal disappointments, each one hitting like a splash from the diving board.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Feb. 2026
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And captured the essence of a player who traveled a road filled with disappointments and setbacks but always believed in himself.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Any negotiation that is seen as overly rewarding aggression will set in motion catastrophes all over the world.—
Alex Nitzberg,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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However, within resources available, countries can build disaster and health response capabilities to mitigate physical and biological catastrophes.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Losers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/losers. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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