absence
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In life, she’s the kid who realizes that parents don’t love all their children equally, and instead of lamenting that absence, surrounds herself with a chosen family that values her as she is.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
Earnings season provides a reminder of the strength of corporate America but uncertainty could flood back in their absence.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
He said he had done "somebody else's punishment" despite the absence of DNA evidence linking him to the crime.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
She describes Poly as both ever-present and irretrievably gone — an absence that structured the family, then fractured it when he finally joins them thanks to the Mariel boatlift of 1980.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Such were the gentle murmurs of Mrs. Bennet, and they gave way only to the greater distress of Mr. Bingley’s continued absence.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing absence
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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