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absent

[ab-suhnt, ab-sent, ab-suhnt] / ˈæb sənt, æbˈsɛnt, ˈæb sənt /




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The researchers also observed that sleep apnea-like conditions had a smaller impact on both the gut microbiome and the metabolome when FXR was absent.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Again and again, the poems search for a “you,” often absent or dead, divine or unknowable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Chaewon – who is absent from our interview as she recovers from a neck injury – has attributed the song's angst to communication problems, rather than personal animosity.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Overall, the announcements are “unlikely to drive demand absent a surprise,” Vogt wrote.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

My friends in Cambridge had become a kind of family, and I felt a sense of belonging with them that, for many years, had been absent on Buck’s Peak.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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