If you use the search feature and look up a "missing" order by its number, does it find it? If so, what does it say its status is set to? And, if you update its status to something like "Processing", does it now show up in your list of orders?
Did you recently delete anything from the list of Order Status options under Admin->Localization->Orders Status ?
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