absent
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Chaewon – who is absent from our interview as she recovers from a neck injury – has attributed the song's angst to communication problems, rather than personal animosity.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
At that scale, liquids tend to mix poorly because turbulence is largely absent.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
Overall, the announcements are “unlikely to drive demand absent a surprise,” Vogt wrote.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Also absent from the report was any discussion of the neck rash that Trump experienced earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
The only person I seemed to have anything in common with was the absent Rudolf Brodermann Elmenhurst, the third, who also had an odd name and who was out of it because he wasn't there.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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