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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

Older students faced fines or a suspended driver’s license for truancy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025

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

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2025

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

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen




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