absence
Example Sentences
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His absence didn’t slow down the Jazz in the early going against a Lakers defense that was not engaged.
From Los Angeles Times
Every time I go back to visit, it seems that five new franchises have appeared in my absence.
From Salon
In the absence of a real-world pandemic, the researchers instead modelled a range of plausible transmission speeds.
From BBC
The material is heated in the absence of oxygen, driving out elements other than carbon.
MetaX is just one of a number of Chinese chip makers hoping to fill the gap left by Nvidia’s current absence from China’s AI chip market.
From Barron's
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