lacked
Example Sentences
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Regional markets on Tuesday lacked cues from New York given Monday’s Labor Day holiday, and investors are now looking to U.S. consumer inflation data due Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Fifth seed Flavio Cobolli said he lacked energy in a third-round defeat, which he attributed to his volume of matches and New York's sapping heat.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Acknowledging that he lacked statutory authority to ban material from the mail, he nonetheless ruled against delivery of the abolitionist periodicals.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Scientists, however, have lacked direct evidence showing what such an early partnership might actually have looked like.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
There they saw ferns with leaves instead of fronds, ferns that loved the sun, ferns that lacked sporangia altogether, and other bizarre flukes of nature.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
