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Used with adjectives:
"
He experienced significant loss of hearing after the accident."
(significant, considerable)
"
She suffered partial loss of vision after the explosion."
(partial, total, permanent, temporary)
"
He experienced weight loss after the surgery."
(weight, hair, memory)
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Poor sales resulted in a huge loss for the company."
(huge, major, serious, substantial, massive)
"
The total loss was smaller than expected."
(total, overall)
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The company reported an annual loss."
(annual, quarterly, financial, economic)
"
Our family has suffered a tragic loss."
(tragic, terrible, tremendous, sad, devastating)
Used with verbs:
"
She suffered the loss of her parents."
(suffered, experienced)
"
The medication causes severe hair loss."
(causes)
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How can we prevent the loss of more jobs?"
(prevent, stop, halt)
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The business cannot take another loss."
(take, suffer, incur, sustain)
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We need to cut our losses to stay in business."
(cut, minimize, reduce)
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We are grieving the loss of our beloved grandmother."
(be + grieving, be + mourning)
Used with prepositions:
"
A symptom of the medication is a loss of appetite."
(of)
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The teacher's death was a tragic loss to the school."
(to, for)
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We sold the business at a loss."
(at)
