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The phrase "a failure for the" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used when discussing the consequences or outcomes of a situation, particularly in a negative context.
Example: "The project was deemed a failure for the entire team, leading to a reassessment of their strategies."
Alternatives: "a setback for the" or "a disappointment for the".
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In part that's because a failure for the president is a failure for the nation.
Yesterday the family called the verdicts a failure for the Italian judicial system.
What's considered a great season for most teams is regarded as a failure for the Yankees.
"Flame was a failure for the antivirus industry," Mr. Hypponen wrote in a blog post Monday.
The summer of 1964 in Mississippi was in some ways a failure for the volunteers.
The judgment, he said, "should not be viewed as a failure" for the prosecution.
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The tournament was a failure for Wales; the team lost all three of their matches.
"This certainly was a failure for what the domestic intelligence service and all the other security service are accountable for," Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said recently.
The Sims Online was generally regarded to be a failure for EA, with the company unable to turn the success of The Sims franchise into an online hit.
Facebook's I.P.O. was not a failure for Facebook, given the pile of money the company raised from willing buyers.
Pointing out that everybody considered David Moyes a failure for not achieving the top four and that the thick end of £200m has been spent since then is futile.
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