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- noun Plural form of
loser .
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Examples
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That will end once Darwinism weeds out the losers from the winners, but the effects will be costly in every direction for years to come.
The Trouble With Technology Disruption Ed Sperling 2010
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That will end once Darwinism weeds out the losers from the winners, but the effects will be costly in every direction for years to come.
The Trouble With Technology Disruption Ed Sperling 2010
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This discipline, although unpleasant for the losers, is the price we must pay for having a tariff that actually works, rather than one which eliminates the discipline of foreign competition entirely and protects all industries, whether or not their protection is useful to the economy as a whole.
Ian Fletcher: Is a Flat Tariff the Answer to America's Trade Mess? Ian Fletcher 2010
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This discipline, although unpleasant for the losers, is the price we must pay for having a tariff that actually works, rather than one which eliminates the discipline of foreign competition entirely and protects all industries, whether or not their protection is useful to the economy as a whole.
Ian Fletcher: Is a Flat Tariff the Answer to America's Trade Mess? Ian Fletcher 2010
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This discipline, although unpleasant for the losers, is the price we must pay for having a tariff that actually works, rather than one which eliminates the discipline of foreign competition entirely and protects all industries, whether or not their protection is useful to the economy as a whole.
Ian Fletcher: Is a Flat Tariff the Answer to America's Trade Mess? Ian Fletcher 2010
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If history is any guide, the odds are that certain losers will out-shout and out-lobby the potential winners.
Missing voice on corporate tax reform: Corporations Steven Pearlstein 2010
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This thread is a celebration of the old male virgin losers with a bit of old-fashioned racism thrown in.
Matthew Yglesias » Jessica Valenti on Anti-Feminists and So-Called “Hook-up Culture” 2009
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Teenagers and young adults could emerge as some of the biggest losers from the government's spending cuts, raising questions of inter-generational unfairness as key services and benefits are scrapped or diminished, charities have warned.
Teenagers could be among worst hit by spending cuts, warn charities Patrick Butler 2010
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Propping up zombie banks and having regulators pick winners and losers is not at all keeping with the tenets of a market economy.
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This discipline, although unpleasant for the losers, is the price we must pay for having a tariff that actually works, rather than one which eliminates the discipline of foreign competition entirely and protects all industries, whether or not their protection is useful to the economy as a whole.
Ian Fletcher: Is a Flat Tariff the Answer to America's Trade Mess? Ian Fletcher 2010
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