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
In “Sisters in Yellow,” translated by Laurel Taylor and Hitomi Yoshio, mothers are largely absent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Overall, “we see this as a modest positive for long-term strategic optionality, with no near-term impact on estimates absent a subsequent FDA decision that actually adds substances to an allowable compounding pathway,” BofA analysts wrote.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
But one destination, once the top choice, is now largely absent.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
She longed to enquire of the housekeeper whether her master was really absent, but had not the courage for it.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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