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When we’re daydreaming and ruminating and self-reflecting and mentally time-traveling or imagining other people’s thoughts, we’re not present.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

Toy Story, which first launched in 1995, is set in a world where toys come to life when humans are not present.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

The wedding drew broader public attention, however, because of who was not present.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

Zuma, 84, was not present for the judgement.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

In general, they do not seem as young—do not present at all like kids you often see on school stages, in grown-up clothes, who have dressed for the part but cannot quite inhabit it.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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