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excused absence

NOUN
sick leave
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LeBron James didn’t meet with Redick on Tuesday and didn’t practice Wednesday, an excused absence for personal reasons keeping him away from the court.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024

The two men argue that granting students an excused absence in such cases violates their First Amendment rights.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024

All the Democrats showed up, except one who has an excused absence for health reasons, and only two of the minority Republicans appeared.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023

Farmington’s excused absence policy isn’t encouraging to those who liked the previous school board calendar.

From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2022

He had in fact passed out when he’d given blood for the first time, at a blood drive at Arbel he’d signed up for because it had been an excused absence from gym that week.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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