absent

Example Sentences

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When MafB is absent, these cells become impaired and can no longer carry out their protective responsibilities properly.

From Science Daily

While at the CDC, O’Neill was often absent, those officials said, and he deputized Beyda to run much of the agency’s day-to-day operations for him, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The true impact of the wet winter may not be visible until spring, when butterflies that usually fill hedgerows and gardens may be noticeably absent.

From BBC

“There’s one thing clearly absent in everything they said: that is the rule of law,” Gerhardt said.

From Salon

“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 Literature