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Example Sentences

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“Companies are staying private for much longer. If you’re not getting access in private rounds, you’re missing a lot of the growth,” he said.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

If this is a bubble, missing it is exactly the feature a slow-and-steady investor should want.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The boys' father had reported them missing from their home in Colmar in eastern France on 11 May and France had issued a pan-European request for help.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Existing technologies could only capture part of the picture, often measuring one layer of cellular activity at a time or missing how gene activity changes dynamically over time.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

I closed my eyes, missing him so much I had a pain in my chest.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff