absence

Their importance has been heightened by the continued absence of striker Benjamin Sesko with a shin injury.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

One experiment will explore manufacturing artificial retinas in microgravity, where the near absence of gravity creates conditions that cannot easily be reproduced on Earth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

I began noticing their absence most acutely when restaurants reopened after the first wave of the pandemic.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

“In the absence of knowing somebody, it’s really easy to make them feel other and scary,” he tells the filmmakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

If it were up to her, they wouldn’t have acquired it, but it had won all these awards on the film festival circuit, and its absence would have been noticed.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Since late September, pupils have barred the entrances to their schools, complaining of teacher absences, overloaded timetables, dilapidated classrooms and buildings ill-adapted to rising temperatures, among other grievances.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu set out a timetable on Sunday urging local authorities to prioritise filling gaps left by long-term teacher absences and unfilled posts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

The court heard that Song, who is also known by his stage name Mino, had recorded 102 unauthorised absences during his 21-month stint as a social service agent.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Raman countered that many of her absences were the result of her attendance on regional boards and oversight bodies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

He has a wife who suffers his absences without complaint, and who arranges porcelain kittens by color, lightest to darkest, on two different shelves in their drawing room in Stuttgart.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr