missing link
noun
1
: an absent member needed to complete a series or resolve a problem
2
a
: a hypothetical intermediate evolutionary form between humans and their presumed simian progenitors
b
: a hypothetical intermediate evolutionary form between one animal species or group and its presumed ancestors
a missing link between reptiles and birds
Examples of missing link in a Sentence
Police are hopeful that the new evidence will provide the missing links needed to solve the crime.
scientists searching for the missing link
Recent Examples on the Web
Nearly 50 years later, 3 Women still beckons adventurous interpreters, like the missing link between Bergman’s Persona and Lynch’s Mulholland Drive.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 July 2024
But there’s one missing link Aug. 8, 2024 By the 1990s, as the older stadiums’ decades-long leases came up, those tenants wanted out, and in the process, ushered in a new era of single-team stadium construction —-- bespoke buildings of brick or steel, designed with just one team in mind.
—Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
For some users looking for answers to health mysteries or to find missing links to their family trees, the trade-off is worth it.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
Flickering gamma-ray flashes, the missing link between gamma glows and TGFs
Engineering professor at Duke University.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 July 2024
But there’s one missing link Aug. 8, 2024 By the 1990s, as the older stadiums’ decades-long leases came up, those tenants wanted out, and in the process, ushered in a new era of single-team stadium construction —-- bespoke buildings of brick or steel, designed with just one team in mind.
—Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
For some users looking for answers to health mysteries or to find missing links to their family trees, the trade-off is worth it.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
Flickering gamma-ray flashes, the missing link between gamma glows and TGFs
Engineering professor at Duke University.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for missing link
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“Missing link.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missing%20link. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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