lacuna
Example Sentences
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The court found "there were some critical lacunae" in relevant Swiss regulations, including a failure to quantify limits on national greenhouse gas emissions.
From Barron's
“It’s been a lacuna, and it’s been something that I really never thought we’d have a prayer of fixing,” said Barron.
From Los Angeles Times
As for a biography of Talking Heads, we are still left with a lacuna that Gould has unfortunately not filled.
From Los Angeles Times
It is this lack of maternal attention that sends Ellis’ two older sisters on different paths, with the same goal in mind: to fill the lacuna left by their mother’s benign neglect.
From Los Angeles Times
And it includes the cavities - called lacuna - that fill with the mother's blood to transfer nutrients to the baby.
From BBC
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