absence
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In life, she’s the kid who realizes that parents don’t love all their children equally, and instead of lamenting that absence, surrounds herself with a chosen family that values her as she is.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
Former school board member Yolie Flores, who represented areas north, northeast and southeast of downtown, is concerned about Carvalho’s prolonged absence and the high-level departures.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Patriotism looks different when you know exactly what its absence costs, and you stay anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The 29-year-old revealed last month he phoned Clarke asking for the reasons behind his absence from the international set-up.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
So much garbage had piled up in his brief absence, Mr. Schroeder, the school janitor, had to haul it out of the building in giant rolling trash bins.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing absence
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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