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los·ing ground

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  1. losing ground

    Dropping to leeward while working; the driftage.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of losing ground in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of losing ground in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of losing ground in a Sentence

  1. Yohan Samarakkody:

    The market is losing ground as foreigners are exiting daily.

  2. Bernie Sanders:

    So as a nation, we have a right to be very proud of the successes that we have seen because of the struggle of millions of people to create a less discriminatory society. That is something we should be proud of, but there is one struggle in which not only have we not succeeded but in which we are losing ground and that is the fundamental struggle for economic justice.

  3. Gary Posternack:

    Given the consolidation that is going on across numerous sectors, to be a bystander could mean losing ground from a competitive standpoint.

  4. Prime Minister David Cameron:

    It's desperate stuff from an organization that really does do the most utterly despicable and ghastly acts, and people can see that again today, this is an organization that's losing territory, it's losing ground ... Britain will never be cowed by this sort of terrorism, our values are so much stronger than theirs. It may take a very long time but they will be defeated.

  5. Sheryl Sandberg:

    When the roles are replaced with the same representation that we already have, we don’t keep losing ground, we maintain, and we build.

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