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missing

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verb

present participle of miss
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as in skipping
to fail to attend had to miss work for a week because of the flu

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Recent Examples of missing
Adjective
However, the impact of a missing or invalid VAT-ID depends on the type of sale. Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 Complementing these features, the triangulation reports cross-reference medical records with billing statements to identify any missing or overlooked records or expenses to assure that every record and bill is accounted for. Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
Along with missing Butler, the Heat ruled out Josh Richardson (right heel inflammation), Dru Smith (left Achilles surgery) and Isaiah Stevens (G League) for Saturday’s game against the Jazz. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025 The Raiders, meanwhile, remain in quarterback purgatory, and that franchise isn’t getting any help from the owner, who keeps swinging and missing with head-coaching hires. Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for missing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for missing
Adjective
  • However, last year was a lost season for him as he was riddled with injuries.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The lost hour of sleep has been shown to lead to an increase in medical problems such as heart attacks, and the practice has also been theorized to lead to more car crashes.
    Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Kelly Clarkson has been mysteriously absent from her daytime talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, for over a week — and no one seems to know why.
    Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Kelly Clarkson has been absent from The Kelly Clarkson Show for nearly a week — and viewers are wondering why.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • After adding in the state and local sales tax, plus the DMV and dealer fees, the out the door and in your driveway total purchase price came to: $96,334.
    Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Once a favorite to win the lead actress statue, the first out transgender person to be nominated for the honor became the metaphorical elephant in the room at Sunday’s ceremony.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • One issue that is rarely mentioned involves the potential harsh blowback that heavy drinkers might experience when suddenly skipping alcohol for a full month.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The crawl from one to the other matters as much as the enlightenment itself—skipping the charnel grounds isn’t an option.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But failing to advance beyond the wild-card round (not to mention losing in infamous or controversial fashion) isn’t what fans had in mind when the front office spoke about building a sustainable contender years ago.
    Kaitlyn McGrath, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Given the constant demands by wind, solar, and EV company executives for more and more government subsidies to sustain their failing business models, this reality could become disastrous for those rent-seeking industries in the coming years as the era of crony capitalism comes to a close.
    David Blackmon, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • So many firsts, gone, charred to ash, just remnants of an area that once represented Black prosperity and joy.
    Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The original pioneers were mostly busy making non-hyperpop or gone: SOPHIE tragically died in 2021; 100 gecs spent years toiling to make their zany stadium-rock second album.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • But the Estadi Lluis Companys is no Camp Nou and Benfica have won four of their five away games in the tournament this season.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
  • This is the last true away game for him (in college).
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • This pre-dates the casual fashions that would take hold during the 1960s, eventually collapsing traditional dressiness by the 1970s, making Sumbariners and GMT Masters the thing to wear.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse On March 26, a container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, collapsing the bridge and killing six construction workers who were filling potholes on the span.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024

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“Missing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missing. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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