absence

Example Sentences

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Every time I go back to visit, it seems that five new franchises have appeared in my absence.

From Salon

In the absence of a real-world pandemic, the researchers instead modelled a range of plausible transmission speeds.

From BBC

The material is heated in the absence of oxygen, driving out elements other than carbon.

From The Wall Street Journal

MetaX is just one of a number of Chinese chip makers hoping to fill the gap left by Nvidia’s current absence from China’s AI chip market.

From Barron's

But the GAO says that in the real world, absence of verified Social Security numbers “does not necessarily represent overpayments.”

From Los Angeles Times