absenteeism
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The rate of chronic absenteeism was 18.3% of students, approaching 1 in 5 students — an improvement of 1.1 percentage points.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Student absenteeism is a problem across the U.S., and where I live in Chicago, it’s a chronic problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
In 2024, Medford High School in Boston grappled with chronic absenteeism.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
The army has been blighted by several scandals -- particularly over an unpopular mobilisation drive, the treatment of conscripts and reports of widespread absenteeism and equipment shortages in some units.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
In the Upper House, owing to the large absenteeism of lay lords, the bench of bishops, nominees of the Crown and agents of the British interest, largely held sway.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Goldwin Smith
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