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As crown prince, Haakon worked closely with his father as he carried out his royal duties and in recent years was handed more responsibility, increasingly acting as regent while Harald was ill or absent.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

State Controller Malia Cohen sponsored Assembly Bill 1447, which seeks to define the process for California to take custody of securities when the owner is deemed absent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Together they read and discuss some of their absent host’s collection of Greek and Latin classics, including Seneca’s “Trojan Women” and Ovid’s “Metamorphoses.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Maybe someday I’d have the opportunity to give those letters to my grandchildren when they were old enough to understand why they had an absent grandfather.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

“I don’t want to see him fail out of summer school because he’s avoiding me. He’ll get left behind if he’s absent three times.”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

In the mode of Katherine Boo and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Flock absents herself from the narrative, allowing us to enter the lives of her subjects and witness moments of almost unbearable intimacy.

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2018

I don’t think there is much of a risk of default in the very near term but clearly if it absents official financing then it becomes more of a concern.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2016

Sinclair, whose prose is famously so eloquent, is here smilingly reticent, and somewhat disconcertingly absents himself before the trip is quite finished – to catch a plane.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2012

Reason: Under the city charter a mayor who absents himself for more than 30 days loses his office.

From Time Magazine Archive

If any Member absents himself he shall forfeit a Penny for the        Use of the Club, unless in case of Sickness or Imprisonment.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Joseph Addison

“The evidence demonstrates that he did not control Oracle, and that he absented himself from the acquisition of NetSuite,” the judge wrote.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023

Interestingly, one of the other very senior Likud figures, Yuli Edelstein, who had been chair of the Knesset—which is a position equivalent to speaker of the House—for many years, had absented himself.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2023

Stoicism is also a protocol of attentiveness, which makes it an attractive remedy for those who feel absented and estranged from themselves or the world.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2021

He absented himself from the traditional marketing of his art, but supported himself in part by selling a trove of Constantin Brancusi sculptures he had acquired.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2019

He turned and absented himself from the chamber, his body betraying signs of considerable inward turmoil of spirits in his irregularity of movement.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Ryan Bowen, representing Membury, admitted his client had "not added any strength to the mitigation against him by absenting himself from proceedings".

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

He focused on personal priorities like criminal justice reform, and he jousted with rivals in a factionalized West Wing while absenting himself at key moments, to the frustration of colleagues.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2022

If you can convince him, then he will come to realize that your absenting yourself truly is the easiest solution.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2022

Rather, when Fleabag is talking to the audience, she is noticeably absenting herself from her real life.

From Slate ● May 16, 2019

He had a blanket pulled over his head, was apparently asleep, absenting himself from the whole affair.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover