How to Use missing link in a Sentence
missing link
noun- Police are hopeful that the new evidence will provide the missing links needed to solve the crime.
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Could a cup of Joe be the missing link between you and a great nap?
—Ebony Williams, ajc, 3 Apr. 2023
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Sweetgreen was the missing link to bring the vision to life.
—Brittany Martin, Los Angeles Magazine, 9 Apr. 2018
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The project would complete a missing link in the Northern Strand path that snakes up to the city of Lynn.
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2021
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Would such a creature prove to be a missing link of some kind?
—Colin Dickey, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2020
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The two have to work together to find their missing link.
—Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
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The companies that haven't done as well for us had a missing link in that chain.
—Karl Kaufman, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
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Smith would be the missing link on a team seeking its first title in 31 years.
—John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 13 July 2019
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With Kim and her sisters, though, the missing link is self-awareness.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 3 Aug. 2018
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This missing link was the object of Wiles’ seven-year quest.
—Quanta Magazine, 3 June 2019
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To find the missing link, researchers must change their approach.
—Luke Taylor, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020
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This is only one of a few good candidates for the missing link black holes.
—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 6 May 2020
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Despite his youth, Texas believes Brown is the missing link.
—Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 24 Nov. 2020
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In their pursuit of the Scudetto, someone like him could be the missing link.
—SI.com, 21 Aug. 2019
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The power of apology could be the missing link in the North Korean saga.
—The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2018
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There’s clearly not just a screw loose in Giuliani but a missing link in his story with Trump.
—Frank Rich, Daily Intelligencer, 9 May 2018
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The Browns will be viewing this draft with an eye to the future as opposed to finding the missing link to get them to the Super Bowl this year.
—cleveland, 18 Apr. 2021
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To add a dash of chicness to your capsule wardrobe, these Lattelier chain loafers are the missing link.
—Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 6 July 2022
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The animals may be the missing link between the first complex life forms on Earth and humans.
—Tim Childers, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2021
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Kavanaugh, Halas felt, was the missing link between the Bears and greatness.
—Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, 31 July 2019
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For now, though, scientists will have to keep searching for its missing link.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 18 Nov. 2021
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Five-star freshman Jabari Smith (15.2 ppg) has been the difference-maker and missing link on this squad.
—Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2022
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And who is the missing link between Marilyn Monroe and Paris Hilton?
—Lili Anolik, Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2020
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The property that New York Waterway acquired late last year is the missing link in that plan.
—Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2018
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The cousins, though, weren’t from the same branch of the family tree, so Moore needed to identify the missing link connecting them.
—Fortune, 14 June 2018
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Dollars available for relief for these types of things could be the missing link to preserving our city.
—Caitlin McCabe, Philly.com, 20 Apr. 2018
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Astronomers might have found a missing link in black hole evolution.
—Elizabeth Howell, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
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For almost a decade, Lupas had puzzled over this missing link, but the correct shape had eluded him.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2020
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Adding the immortal Gabe Vincent to a team swept in the Western Conference finals is hardly the missing link to a title.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2023
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Will Colorado be hospitable to a contentious wild animal, serving as the missing link in a chain of wolf habitat from the Northern Rockies to the Southwest?
—Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
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