missing link
Example Sentences
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The Zambian segment of the Lobito Corridor -- often described as the missing link -- is not on LAR's near-term agenda, he added, citing the scale and cost of rehabilitating the rail infrastructure.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Dulles came to believe that religion, specifically an ecumenical Protestantism aiming to promote cooperation among different sects, was the missing link that could provide a moral architecture for the global system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
“It’s kind of a missing link in the system, through a fairly densely populated part of the city,” Elkind said of the proposed K Line extension.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
He's the missing link between Jeff Buckley and Harry Styles.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
He had found the missing link in Harvey’s description of blood circulation, a link which Harvey himself had guessed must be there, but could not detect with the instruments at his disposal.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
