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missing link

[mis-ing lingk] / ˈmɪs ɪŋ ˈlɪŋk /
NOUN
lost connection
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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

“It’s kind of a missing link in the system, through a fairly densely populated part of the city,” Elkind said of the proposed K Line extension.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

The critical missing link at present is a viable transitional government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 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

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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