missing link
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“Talladega Nights” pegs this missing link between America’s urban past and its exurban future from its opening seconds, putting a quote about “hot, nasty, badass speed” in the mouth of New York Swell Eleanor Roosevelt.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Dulles came to believe that religion, specifically an ecumenical Protestantism aiming to promote cooperation among different sects, was the missing link that could provide a moral architecture for the global system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
And first-time buyers, long a missing link of the housing market, represented some 34% of February sales, one of the highest rates in five years, according to National Association of Realtors data.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
"Understanding human exposure to these chemicals may help explain a missing link in how some neurological diseases arise."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 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
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