absent

Example Sentences

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I’m sitting in the stuffy hotel room, listening, yet part of me is absent while my brain processes and engages with a conversation all my own.

From Literature

“Not just in helping people conduct research, but also advocacy at the federal government level and, absent their help, maintaining a refuge where research cannot easily be deleted or overwritten.”

From Salon

They also can’t “escort federal immigration agents to enforcement locations,” absent some “clear and immediate threat.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But several other Magnificent Seven leaders that also dominate the S&P 500 are conspicuously absent from the fund.

From Barron's

F’s at school because I was absent and absent and absent again.

From Literature