missing link
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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
The critical missing link at present is a viable transitional government.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
"I lost all my confidence after my diagnosis and treatment, so to bring the three of us together again to complete the missing link in our journey has been such a healing process," she said.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
“The missing link at this point, from my perspective, is the partnership with the parents and the families,” board member Judy Manouchehri said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2024
In 1941, three years before Avery’s landmark experiment, two scientists, George Beadle and Edward Tatum, working in a basement tunnel at Stanford University, discovered the missing link between genes and physical traits.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
