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Absent a body, no one can say with absolute certainty whether Castro is dead, even if all signs point in that direction.

But, they added, that body scanners are absent at local airports, which they called “this large loophole.”

Noticeably absent are the multiple award nominations and high praise from critics.

The absent turkey had been blown clean away in the hurricane force winds, I concluded.

Kate has been absent from public view since the announcment was made on September 8.

In pneumonia chlorids are constantly very low, and in some cases are absent entirely.

The infectious diseases in which leukocytosis is absent (p. 160) often cause a slight decrease of leukocytes.

Murat was absent, and there was no evil influence to cloud his friendship with his great chief.

Pepsin is rarely or never absent in the presence of free hydrochloric acid.

Since the two enzyms are almost invariably present or absent together, the test for rennin serves also as a test for pepsin.