absence
Example Sentences
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As the weeks pass without paychecks, officer absences have slowed security checks at airports across the U.S.
The Y chromosome contains relatively few genes beyond those involved in male development, so its absence was not expected to affect overall health.
From Science Daily
He justified this view by citing a dysfunctional banking system, a highly unstable currency, the absence of the rule of law guaranteeing private property, the failure of the centrally planned economy, and "completely dilapidated" infrastructure.
From Barron's
The last of these was his first “negative sculpture,” in which the work of art is itself an absence; his newest creations under this concept are currently on view at Gagosian.
During his father’s absences, young Chuck spent part of his childhood in the home of his maternal grandmother in Wilson, Okla., where the family lacked indoor plumbing.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
