lacked
Example Sentences
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Regional markets lacked cues given Monday’s Labor Day holiday, and investors are now looking to U.S. consumer inflation data.
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
"No helmsman or lookout was posted on the bridge and the officer, who had only recently joined the vessel and lacked experience, was left alone on watch," the report said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
In the real world, many countries lacked even simple health services, and others had clinics and hospitals staffed by the ignorant, the careless, and the lazy.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
