absence
Example Sentences
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A Global Times editorial published on Thursday said the lack of people-to-people exchanges between the countries and the long absence of a US presidential visit to China was "abnormal and should not be the case".
From BBC
He cited the absence of cash flow and lack of long-term history as an asset class as his reasons to be dismissive.
From Barron's
Using this model, they uncovered a chain reaction triggered by the absence of this protein.
From Science Daily
Yet, in the absence of obvious, visible progression, plenty of observers have cast doubt on whether the project, likely to cost more than £2bn, will ever actually be built.
From BBC
He was describing a physical absence, not a price problem.
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