missing link
Example Sentences
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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
The Zambian segment of the Lobito Corridor -- often described as the missing link -- is not on LAR's near-term agenda, he added, citing the scale and cost of rehabilitating the rail infrastructure.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
"This was the missing link that explains how a normal immune response can, in very rare cases, become harmful."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2026
The critical missing link at present is a viable transitional government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 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
