absent
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There’s plenty of furtive gags like this throughout “Up in Smoke”: police incompetence, absent parents, anti-war rhetoric and racial stereotypes that function as satire.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
Software stocks have been notably absent from the market’s early spring rally, which has taken the S&P 500 back to the all-time highs it reached in late January.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
The closest parallel — absent that above-referenced self-immolation — was in 1998.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, and daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are absent, after attending last year.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
I’m sitting in the stuffy hotel room, listening, yet part of me is absent while my brain processes and engages with a conversation all my own.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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