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Example Sentences

However some Cook Islanders criticised their government for a lack of consultation over the proposal.

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"But really it's rooted in a lack of control over the cost of living."

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Many working men's clubs have struggled with falling membership, a lack of funds, an outdated image and little interest from the under 30s.

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But rights groups paint a different picture, with reports detailing evidence of coercion, complaints of inadequate compensation, cramped living conditions, and lack of jobs.

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One week on, many residents still lack basic necessities, while running water is making a gradual return to the territory's capital.

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What are other ways to say lack?

The verb lack means to be without or to have less than a desirable quantity of something: to lack courage, sufficient money, enough members to make a quorum. Need often suggests urgency, stressing the necessity of supplying what is lacking: to need an operation, better food, a match to light the fire. Require, which expresses necessity as strongly as need, occurs most frequently in serious or formal contexts: Your presence at the hearing is required. Successful experimentation requires careful attention to detail.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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