absent
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Again and again, the poems search for a “you,” often absent or dead, divine or unknowable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Swiatek is absent from the semi-finals for the first time since 2019, but Chwalinska has managed to fill a void for her nation.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Overall, the announcements are “unlikely to drive demand absent a surprise,” Vogt wrote.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Oleic acid's cancer-promoting effects were pronounced in male mice but were largely absent in female mice.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
The only person I seemed to have anything in common with was the absent Rudolf Brodermann Elmenhurst, the third, who also had an odd name and who was out of it because he wasn't there.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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