lacked

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However, work on the study could not move forward because researchers lacked the detailed field information needed to properly document where and how the fossil had been found.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

Yadav told The Economic Times newspaper that he "refused to believe" that the US lacked information regarding the nationalities of the people on board those ships.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Many unionized workers were locked into collective bargaining agreements that didn’t anticipate the extraordinary rise in inflation and lacked the cost-of-living adjustments that were far more common in the 1970s and 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

But if that team lacked talent and awareness, it had grit and moxie, which were just as important.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

But he was an abysmal experimentalist; he lacked Mendel’s instinctive touch.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee