absent
Example Sentences
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A minor misstep or bout of ill-preparation comes with dire consequences, from the slightest of ankle sprains to bygone absent frostbitten fingers.
From Los Angeles Times
The number of children who are persistently absent from school is still stubbornly high.
From BBC
Winter wonderlands are absent from these images, though many of the locales Mr. Friedlander captures are merry and bright.
Many major poets are absent—Poe, Dickinson, Melville, Eliot and Pound, for starters—because they never appeared in the pages of the Atlantic.
With local media absent, agencies have quietly approved settlements in closed session, with no watchdog to suss out the underlying facts.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
