Examples of missing in a Sentence
The new director has provided the missing ingredient that was needed for the show's success.
the missing socks turned up in the dog's special hiding place
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Divers were searching New York City’s East River under the Roosevelt Island Bridge Friday for a missing 15-year-old girl who went into the water but never resurfaced.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
But more than confidence and an impressive stat line, Neville has something else that had gone missing in Fayetteville: Joy.
—Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 29 May 2025
The 32-year-old resident of Wasilla, Alaska, first went missing on March 6 with Sean Kendall, who has still yet to be found.
—Greta Bjornson, People.com, 28 May 2025
Three people are locked up in Miami in connection with a human trafficking investigation that deputies say involve a 15-year-old girl who was reported as a missing runaway weeks ago in Texas.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
But more than confidence and an impressive stat line, Neville has something else that had gone missing in Fayetteville: Joy.
—Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 29 May 2025
The 32-year-old resident of Wasilla, Alaska, first went missing on March 6 with Sean Kendall, who has still yet to be found.
—Greta Bjornson, People.com, 28 May 2025
Three people are locked up in Miami in connection with a human trafficking investigation that deputies say involve a 15-year-old girl who was reported as a missing runaway weeks ago in Texas.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
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“Missing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missing. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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missing
adjective
miss·ing
ˈmis-iŋ 
: absent entry 1 sense 1, lost
missing persons
missing in action
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