Example Sentences

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Scotland showed the composure they had been lacking in the first half with a 27-phase move finished by Russell.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Local officials helped by making phone calls to disaster victims in parts of Altadena where response had been lacking, according to Anish Saraiya, Altadena’s recovery director for L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

While earlier studies of play in wild adult chimpanzees had been lacking, they recognized that adult males and females in these groups play together regularly.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

He helped stabilize a position that had been lacking in that aspect.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

And on some level, I expected a brand- new Birmingham—a friendlier and more accommodating Birmingham, where my children could experience the freedom that had been lacking for me as a child.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry