absent
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There’s plenty of furtive gags like this throughout “Up in Smoke”: police incompetence, absent parents, anti-war rhetoric and racial stereotypes that function as satire.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
Software stocks have been notably absent from the market’s early spring rally, which has taken the S&P 500 back to the all-time highs it reached in late January.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
It is a political party represented in parliament and in the government, and a social movement that runs services including schools and hospitals in areas where the state has been absent.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
The festival also added a combo of Skrillex, Fred Again.. and Four Tet to replace the absent headliner.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
“And so they did,” remembered Leah, “joyous sounds, all over the hall … It was like the return of long absent friends, whose value … we had not sufficiently appreciated.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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