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Corpo-speak allows us to discuss what goes wrong absent the emotional charge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Construction on the ballroom has been stop-and-go since late March, when a federal judge halted progress after deeming it to be wildly illegal absent congressional approval.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
Hamas, Fatah's bitter rival which rules over Gaza, was absent from the race.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
It’s a classic kids-versus-monster adventure from which adults are largely absent, which in its own way makes this a superior “Stranger Things.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Conspicuously absent from this list was the NAACP, the country’s dominant civil rights organization since 1909, but still dedicated to the slower tactic of filing legal challenges to segregation.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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