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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'lacks for' is not correct and is not typically used in formal written English
Instead, we usually use the verb 'lack' without 'for' in this context. For example, "This town lacks public transportation."
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Neither lacks for ambition.
She hardly lacks for causes.
He never lacks for stories, he says.
WILDWOOD never lacks for goofy, devil-may-care wonderment.
Not that Montreal lacks for proper, sit-down restaurants.
Not that the polling station lacks for discouraging moments.
Not that St.-Julien lacks for famous properties.
The man who never lacks for words was muzzled.
It's not as if Microsoft lacks for public relations people.
Yet the traveling Mexican team never lacks for support wherever it plays.
In Depression-bleak Manhattan, the panhandlers are cute and no one lacks for taxi fare.
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