Leo overslept because his cat stepped on his phone and turned off his alarm. Choose the most natural and grammatically correct phrase to help Leo apologize to his team in a quick message.

Hi team, I sincerely apologize _____ the morning huddle today.

The correct answer is for missing.

The verb "apologize" is followed by the preposition "for" when stating the reason for the apology. Because prepositions must be followed by a noun or a gerund, we use the -ing form of the verb ("missing").