lose sight of

Example Sentences

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The company’s Urban Outfitters locations have suffered as it lost sight of the preferences of its younger shoppers, who have struggled more acutely with inflation over the past several years.

From MarketWatch

“Sleep naturally varies day to day, but people lose sight of the big picture,” says Zlatan Krizan, a professor of psychology who runs a laboratory that studies sleep and personality at Iowa State University.

From The Wall Street Journal

The goal is to push back on what proponents see as an academic culture that has lost sight of the purpose of a liberal arts education—and to do so from within the university.

From The Wall Street Journal

“With all that detail and information as granular as he can get, he never loses sight of what’s important for a mass audience,” Hyland said.

From Los Angeles Times

He had lost sight of his family, who had also lost sight of him.

From BBC