absent

Example Sentences

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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

Many other large fund managers are consistently absent because they don’t check all of the boxes in the categories we consider.

From Barron's

But remarks were much more muted, restrained or simply absent about remaining senior royals.

From BBC