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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 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 This lacuna reflects a widespread documentary practice that’s also a conventional lapse in aesthetic judgment. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2022 See All Example Sentences for lacuna
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Noun
  • In their open letter this spring, former weather service directors warned that severe staffing shortages at local weather service offices could lead to less accurate and detailed forecasts this summer.
    Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 19 May 2025
  • At least five controllers took 45 days of trauma leave after the incident, leading to a staffing shortage that canceled and delayed more than a thousand flights.
    Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Room to grow is great, but if the gap is too big, you might be frustrated to not get anywhere close to 240 frames per second (fps) at 4K.
    Brad Bourque, Wired News, 23 May 2025
  • In addition to his recent deep dive into the 2023 porch footage, Torre has also been behind several bombshells dropped about Hudson and Belichick, who have a 49-year age gap.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • After two days exploring Barcelona, Spain, Napton was surprised at the lack of political discourse.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 May 2025
  • Morehouse graduates applaud the honor Part of the tragedy of Hubert’s lynching was a lack of awareness surrounding his story among Morehouse graduates until only recently, several alumni said.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • Machine learning combined with AI fills the data processing void and allows brands to deliver personalized experiences both rapidly and at scale.
    Amit Ojha, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • Also, opening up the plants a little can allow new shoots to fill the voids.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Ultimately, the expedition’s failure likely came down to a combination of factors, including dietary deficiencies, hubris and simple bad luck.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
  • The absence of the 10 men, who also utilized facility deficiencies that officials have long complained about in their escape, went unnoticed for hours.
    Jack Brook, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • For decades, conservationists successfully plugged that hole by arguing in court that the ESA’s prohibition of harm to individual species includes destroying a species’ habitat.
    Emma Marris, The Atlantic, 25 May 2025
  • Other cavity nesters such as woodpeckers will make holes in trees, and those can also be adopted by tree swallows, flickers, kestrels and chickadees.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025

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“Lacuna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacuna. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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