truancy
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Mr Tate, who also banned shouting, said internal truancy - when pupils are in school but not lessons - was now "almost nil" and there was better focus in classrooms.
From BBC • May 21, 2025
It also forbade suspensions and expulsions for truancy and tardiness.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
Harriet’s spying is partly the product of her parents’ truancy and partly a result of her deep affection for the world around her and all those who inhabit it.
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2025
Across the US, there are laws on the books to punish parents or guardians for everything from academic truancy and underage driving to shoplifting and vandalism.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024
In those bright days of truancy we had never thought of What We Owed Devon, as the sermon this opening day exhorted us to do.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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