absent
Example Sentences
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Having lowered rates last year, many officials think they may not be doing much to restrain the economy as it is, leaving little room to cut absent meaningful weakening.
The operator whose elopement caused Miss Genovese to be absent.
From Literature
Largely absent are even the most basic stories analyzing Iran’s losses and the fate of their supposed leadership.
Notably absent are the King's younger brothers - Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Prince Edward, now the Duke of Edinburgh - who were not born at the time.
From BBC
Humans have moved deeper into wildlands where bears live, while the bruins have similarly expanded into areas where they once were absent or scarce.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
