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missing link

[mis-ing lingk] / ˈmɪs ɪŋ ˈlɪŋk /
NOUN
lost connection
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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

Three friends have finished the missing link in a 17,000-mile mountain bike challenge they did in the 1980s.

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

He had found the missing link in Harvey’s description of blood circulation, a link which Harvey himself had guessed must be there, but could not detect with the instruments at his disposal.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin



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