lacking
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The team's experiments showed that the gold-patterned structures substantially increased the amount of heat moving across the gap, achieving heat transfer rates up to four times greater than comparable systems lacking the engineered patterns.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Later, it would settle a class-action lawsuit for false advertising and announce the retirement of its head of AI, who was criticized for lacking a vision for Siri.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
It has said a ceasefire is necessary in order for its forces to disarm Hezbollah themselves, but Israel has previously accused the government in Beirut of lacking the ability to do so.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Here, Conlon offers a lesson in the kind of leadership generally lacking in modern society, by simultaneously staying out of the way yet being at the essential center of things.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Grandma is never lacking in life lessons and surprises.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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Absent
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