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Colobura annulata also occupies a large geographic area, although it is absent from the Greater Antilles.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Yet her character is given an essential arc that I’m hesitant to spoil, and that the actress serves with heartbreaking potency, eventually performing a breakdown that feels rattlingly absent of actorly affect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

And on an early wintry wind, that absent element blew into town on Monday with the premiere of Johnny Depp’s big Hollywood return, as the 183-year-old miser Ebenezer Scrooge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

India, Japan and China are absent from the Bangkok event, while ticket sales have been sluggish.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

She found much evidence of baboons, although they were absent at the moment.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

In the mode of Katherine Boo and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Flock absents herself from the narrative, allowing us to enter the lives of her subjects and witness moments of almost unbearable intimacy.

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2018

I don’t think there is much of a risk of default in the very near term but clearly if it absents official financing then it becomes more of a concern.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2016

Sinclair, whose prose is famously so eloquent, is here smilingly reticent, and somewhat disconcertingly absents himself before the trip is quite finished – to catch a plane.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2012

Eddie, her husband, decides that after all Patricia likes the surgeon best; to facilitate her leaving him, he absents himself from home.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Any person who fails to repair at the fixed time to duty, or goes from same without leave of absence, or absents himself from his command, guard, quarters, station or camp without proper leave...."

From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker

Rosales absented herself from the archive, letting the images do the talking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

“The evidence demonstrates that he did not control Oracle, and that he absented himself from the acquisition of NetSuite,” the judge wrote.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023

Other advisers have simply absented themselves at a time when the president is particularly unsteady.

From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2020

He absented himself from the traditional marketing of his art, but supported himself in part by selling a trove of Constantin Brancusi sculptures he had acquired.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2019

The boss continued his watchfulness for a few days, then began to observe me from across the street; finally he absented himself for long intervals.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

"He is deliberately manipulating the court and voluntarily absenting himself."

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025

He focused on personal priorities like criminal justice reform, and he jousted with rivals in a factionalized West Wing while absenting himself at key moments, to the frustration of colleagues.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2022

If you can convince him, then he will come to realize that your absenting yourself truly is the easiest solution.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2022

Rather, when Fleabag is talking to the audience, she is noticeably absenting herself from her real life.

From Slate ● May 16, 2019

He had a blanket pulled over his head, was apparently asleep, absenting himself from the whole affair.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover