absent
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His personal struggles growing up with an absent dad and being a young man of color who comes from a low-income family soon take a toll on him.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
Construction on the ballroom has been stop-and-go since late March, when a federal judge halted progress after deeming it to be wildly illegal absent congressional approval.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
Hamas, Fatah's bitter rival which rules over Gaza, was absent from the race.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
But then "people started conforming to behave in ways that would not show racism. That doesn't mean that it's now absent", she adds.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
It might have held a presence medieval; and, reaching to the desk for pencil and paper, I sketched in fancy with an absent mind a profile, pale and aquiline.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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