absence

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"Absence of representation from the community has meant that rights ensured to us by the constitution have not translated to laws. We also have to go to address that," he said.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

As I wrote in my 2023 book, “The Long Field – Wales and the Presence of Absence, a Memoir,” the very name “Wales” is a Saxon word meaning “Home of the Foreigners.”

From Salon • May 27, 2024

Absence did not make the heart grow fonder for the 75th Prime Time Emmy Awards.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2024

Absence or low levels of mucosal IgA is known to be associated with an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2024

With a Mind thus adorn'd, the young Man, after eighteen Months or two Years Absence abroad, returns home.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von