slippage
Americannoun
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the act or an instance of slipping
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the amount of slipping or the extent to which slipping occurs
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an instance of not reaching a norm, target, etc
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the extent of this
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the power lost in a mechanical device or system as a result of slipping
Etymology
Origin of slippage
Example Sentences
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But her comments immediately rattled the bond market, worried by the prospect of fiscal slippage, with yields on 30- and 40-year Japanese bonds jumping to record highs.
From Barron's
As the weather factor subsides and diesel futures loosen their price prop to the rest of the complex, “some price slippage would appear likely,” the firm adds.
Still, achieving this target is key and Macquarie notes there has been slippage in the past.
Linebacker Jalen Woods said plenty of time has been spent on tackling after the team experienced significant slippage in that area against the Hoosiers.
From Los Angeles Times
The writing is muddled at times by a certain narrative slippage wherein one cannot tell whether the biting observations about clueless classmates and pretentious doctors come from Alice or Mr. deBoer.
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