absent
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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
The closest parallel — absent that above-referenced self-immolation — was in 1998.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
The U.S. could risk the same fate absent faster productivity growth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
About 25,000 doctors who could have been working were absent each day because of the strike in December, according to NHS England.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
The only person I seemed to have anything in common with was the absent Rudolf Brodermann Elmenhurst, the third, who also had an odd name and who was out of it because he wasn't there.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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