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noun

Definition of lacksnext
plural of lack
as in shortages
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number the lack of eligible candidates for the jury kept the trial from getting started

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lacks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of lack
as in insists

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lacks
  1. shortages
  2. insists
  3. deficiencies
  4. begs
  5. requires
  6. asks
  7. involves
  8. entails
Noun
  • Local business owners could bear the brunt of funding shortages.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Crises averted Americans started to panic over potential shortages.
    Laura Curtis and Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of shortages
Verb
  • The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power insists there are no lead pipelines requiring replacement within its nearly 745,000 connections.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Crowley insists that Garfield's cameo is very hard to spot, given that Almut runs past other custodians on her route.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of insists
Noun
  • However, ridges can sometimes develop due to nutritional deficiencies or underlying health conditions like nail psoriasis, diabetes, or thyroid disease.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Voters will decide in 2024 election The two candidates pledged to fix the problems that led to deficiencies.
    Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of deficiencies
Verb
  • Those expectations were too high as the NDRC doesn’t have the ability to announce the fiscal stimulus bazooka, which kind of begs the question, why host it?
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • So this begs the question of, who was this blush made for?
    Lyric Christian, Essence, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of begs
Verb
  • The position requires Senate confirmation.
    Laura Strickler, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The company has developed several prototypes but requires further funding to continue development.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of requires
Verb
  • The recommendation doesn’t state a better lower number but asks the state to study what would be appropriate.
    Yesenia Robles, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The election interference measure asks if Illinois should impose civil penalties on candidates who interfere or try to interfere with election workers' official duties.
    Monica Eng, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of asks
Verb
  • His job on this day involves hauling containers from the congested TraPac terminal in the Port of Los Angeles to a storage yard near the port.
    Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The equipment segment involves the design, manufacture, sale, and service of proprietary medical devices.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of involves
Verb
  • However, such a strategy overhaul isn’t a simple undertaking, and leaders must be ready for the new processes a subscription model entails, as well as its unique risks.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • An illustration of this concept is conducting sentiment analysis on social media data, which entails utilizing an NLP library integrating with social media APIs and crafting a tool for sentiment analysis.
    Avinash Tripathi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of entails
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