absent
Example Sentences
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The format typically featured a handsome photograph of an empty, book-lined study, under which ran an explanatory account by the absent author identifying those elements particularly conducive to his or her creative process.
Oil analysts anticipate that absent a quick resolution, Europe and the U.S. could start seeing prices that look more like the $180 levels in the Middle East.
From Barron's
Items which take longer to cook are absent from menus.
From BBC
The idea was to compose a show that even those who weren’t “Monty Python” fans would enjoy, with hints of romance and sincerity absent from the source material.
From Los Angeles Times
“I personally don’t mean to take part and may well be absent. The idea.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
