absence
Example Sentences
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I was 40 on a leave of absence from my high-profile executive marketing job.
From Los Angeles Times
Jokic, meant to be limited to less than 30 minutes in his fourth game back from a 16-game injury absence, played more than 44 minutes.
From Barron's
The 2021 winners Australia have been hit hard by the absence of pace spearhead Pat Cummins, who was ruled out with a lower back injury.
From Barron's
Until greater evidence of calmer inflation emerges, “that is where my focus will be, in the absence of unexpected changes in the labor market,” Cook said, according to a published text of her remarks.
The absence of hierarchy unlocked in them what the author calls “a connective energy they didn’t know they possessed.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
