truancy

Example Sentences

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More than 50 members of staff at Tewkesbury Academy in Gloucestershire first walked out on Wednesday as one teacher said truancy was "rife" at the school.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025

“This truancy ends now,” Abbott said in a letter sent to each of the departed members.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2025

Data showed Basildon Upper Academy in Basildon, Essex, had the highest rate of truancy of any state-run secondary school in the country, with a 15.4% increase in non-attendance compared to last year.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

Chuck Muckle exhorted the newly arrived lawmen to arrest the protesters for trespassing, truancy, and disturbing the peace.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen