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Recent Examples of lacuna Yet surveying this landscape reveals a curious lacuna: software criticism, in which a piece of software is subjected to critical analysis. WIRED, 23 Feb. 2023 Ta-Nehisi Coates, in a devastating essay in the show’s catalogue, fills in the lacuna with his well-known, scorching pessimism about white mind-sets. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2021 Data sets, some spanning decades, now feature a lacuna. Boyce Upholt, WIRED, 19 Nov. 2022 Of course, the big lacuna in deterrence theory is how to deter the idiot or, say, the leader who badly understands his own position. WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for lacuna
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Noun
  • This makes access easier to those who had relied on compounding pharmacies like Hims & Hers while there was a shortage of the drug.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
  • There's a regional shortage of crossing guards, leading to school safety concerns, but D.C. officials say there's another obstacle: mandatory drug tests, which 43% of applicants fail.
    Anna Spiegel, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • These real-user frustrations underscore the critical gap in how the new packaging fails to balance child safety with the needs of all users — particularly those who rely on hearing aids for daily use.
    Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Instead, Levi channels his inner MacGyver and spans the gap in a single go.
    Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Rubin: There was a surprising lack of campiness to this whole thing.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
  • That was quite the head scratcher given the extended absences of Lynch and Flair as well as the general lack of top women’s singles stars on both Raw and SmackDown.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The regime of 1984 erases the old truths in order to fill the void with new ones.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
  • That could give Star Wars an opening to fill the void for big blockbuster entertainment.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Nutrient deficiencies: Not getting enough iron, zinc, biotin, and protein can negatively affect your hair.
    Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The former results from insulin deficiency, while the latter is caused by insulin resistance.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The second-deepest hole, the German Continental Deep Drilling Programme, stretches 5.6 miles.
    Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Cracks and ridges in the ice constantly shifted the route to a permanent hole in the ice, named Ocean City, from which Hoppe and her team gathered hundreds of liters of seawater samples and hauled them back to the ship for analysis.
    Asher Elbein, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2025

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“Lacuna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacuna. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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