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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a year lost" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express the idea of time that has been wasted or not utilized effectively, often in a context of regret or reflection.
Example: "After the pandemic, many people felt like they had a year lost in terms of personal growth and experiences."
Alternatives: "a wasted year" or "a year gone to waste".
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Last year the maker of PlayStation and around 16m TV sets a year lost $5.7bn.
"I took speed for a year, lost 100 pounds and got incredibly depressed," Ms. Manheim said.
Manufacturing, which had shown job growth for more than a year, lost 13,000 jobs in September.
In studies, people who took it for a year lost 5 to 10percentt of their body weight.
If you figure 20 minutes, that's another two weeks a year lost from a school year that's already seven weeks shorter than New York City's.
George Williams, a constitutional lawyer, blames the "dysfunctional" constitution for some A$9 billion ($8.5 billion) a year lost in buck-passing, red tape and duplication.
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My experience isn't an isolated incident: 60,000 women a year lose their jobs because of pregnancy and maternity discrimination.
When recruiters pointed out that he was grossly overweight, he spent a year losing more than 150 pounds.
As working families on £17,000 a year lose large chunks of their income, those on salaries over £150,000 will be better off.
According to the NHF, about 50,000 households could be affected over the course of a year, losing an average of £68 each.
The program, SwimSafe, was developed to combat high rates of child drowning in Bangladesh, where more than 17,000 children a year lose their lives so unnecessarily.
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