lacked

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Earlier large-scale studies often lacked detailed measures of physical activity, cardiovascular fitness, and inflammation, making it harder to isolate the role of muscular strength alone.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

The Ducks were fast and physical early, playing with an urgency they lacked in their Game 3 loss.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Coach Charlotte Edwards has made much of wanting to make her side one that performs under pressure to win close matches - a quality England have lacked in recent years.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Torres captured the broader institutional despair bluntly when he admitted he lacked confidence in regulators but felt there was “no choice but to agitate for accountability.”

From Salon • May 9, 2026

What Uncle Chester had lacked in niceties—Aunt Ivy would be horrified to find not one doily in the entire room—he’d made up for in reading materials.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson