absent
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Meta Platforms is notably absent from the vendor list; Anthropic is excluded by the Pentagon.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
His personal struggles growing up with an absent dad and being a young man of color who comes from a low-income family soon take a toll on him.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
Corpo-speak allows us to discuss what goes wrong absent the emotional charge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Construction on the ballroom has been stop-and-go since late March, when a federal judge halted progress after deeming it to be wildly illegal absent congressional approval.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
The nature of this quarrel was hopelessly confused in his mind—but each of them had on several occasions broken out into a bitter tirade against the other, the absent one.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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