lacking
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Charles Schwab is an exception, lacking an anti-flipping policy for IPOs, while other brokers aim to prevent price destabilization.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The term, which describes an unsettling, empty place lacking signs of life, has now become an object of fascination among young people online.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
It has said a ceasefire is necessary in order for its forces to disarm Hezbollah themselves, but Israel has previously accused the government in Beirut of lacking the ability to do so.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
It’s ridiculous that this is even a fear one would have to have in Hollywood, which is already egregiously lacking in Latina main characters.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
I was either hard-driving and angry or, with my garden and messages about healthy eating, I was a disappointment to feminists, lacking a certain stridency.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing lacking
Absent
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Scarce
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