absenteeism

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Teachers nationwide shared stories with The 19th about the toll that immigration enforcement is having on students, from chronic absenteeism to emotional distress that makes learning nearly impossible.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

Statewide student test scores and absenteeism rates — although improving — are worse than in 2018-19, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

When older, those with ACEs experience higher rates of absenteeism and other issues at work and struggle to remain employed.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

Among the latter were thousands of air traffic controllers, but absenteeism increased among a workforce that was already suffering from staff shortages before the shutdown.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

The most potent causes of absenteeism in the latter half of the nineteenth century are the City of Dublin Steam Navigation Company, and the London and North-Western Railway.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various