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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In July, the DOJ released a tape recording of the camera in his prison cell leading to allegations there were some missing minutes, three according to an examination of the metadata by Wired.
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
The pigs are playing an unlikely role as proxies for humans in research to help find the staggering number of people who have gone missing in Mexico during decades of drug cartel violence.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 29 July 2025
On July 13, a man went missing while swimming in the Housatonic River in New Milford in an area owned by First Light Power that was open for recreation.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 July 2025
The 31-year-old father went missing after setting out on his boat to go duck hunting on the morning of Dec. 16, 2000, on Florida’s Lake Seminole.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 28 July 2025
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
The pigs are playing an unlikely role as proxies for humans in research to help find the staggering number of people who have gone missing in Mexico during decades of drug cartel violence.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 29 July 2025
On July 13, a man went missing while swimming in the Housatonic River in New Milford in an area owned by First Light Power that was open for recreation.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 July 2025
The 31-year-old father went missing after setting out on his boat to go duck hunting on the morning of Dec. 16, 2000, on Florida’s Lake Seminole.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 28 July 2025
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“Missing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missing. Accessed 8 Aug. 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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