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truancy

[troo-uhn-see] / ˈtru ən si /


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Dr Summers says Luton has been trying to move away from seeing school absences as "defiance and truancy".

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

Assembly Bill 461 would end the treatment of truancy as a crime under state law.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025

But they said the Academy Transformation Trust, which runs the school, had taken "decisive action" to address "unacceptable standards of behaviour and internal truancy".

From BBC • May 16, 2025

It also forbade suspensions and expulsions for truancy and tardiness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

It sounded as if his father intended to report Mullet Fingers for truancy.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen




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