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- noun Plural form of
failure .
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Examples
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The kind of personality that consistently blames everyone else but themselves for their failures is the worst kind of personality to have in our nation's executive office.
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You won't hear me telling you that discussing our failures is anti-American - in fact, it's as American as apple pie.
Arbitrary Media: Doctor Who perich 2006
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In March of 2007 Silverstein appeared at a rally of construction workers and public officials outside of an insurance industry conference to highlight what he describes as the failures of insurers Allianz & Royal and Sun Alliance to pay $800 million in claims related to the attacks.
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What it's been like for the space agency, knowing the measure of success you've had on Mars, but also remembering what you call the failures of the past?
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"It seems as if the real victors in life were what we call the failures, the pioneers of truth."
There was a King in Egypt Norma Lorimer 1906
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In a statement, the rights watchdog cited what it called failures in Ivory Coast, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
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In a statement, the rights watchdog cited what it called failures in Ivory Coast, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By DONNA BRYSON 2011
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Until the compensation plans of corporations reflect long term performance and penalize short term failures we have a structural weakness in our business models.
unknown title 2011
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"This helps people reframe what they call failures as just steps along their life path of learning," Harris tells Monster.com.
NYDN Rss Larry Buhl 2011
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In a statement, the rights watchdog cited what it called failures in Ivory Coast, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
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