absence
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The address will seek to restore confidence in the Fed’s commitment to taming inflation, and ease concerns that the absence of forward guidance will undermine stability, Samarra Hammoud, FX strategist at CBA, said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But another notable absence is Japan's Sony, maker of the PlayStation 5 console.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
“In the absence of material escalation and amid continuing grey flows through the Strait of Hormuz, oil markets remained mostly in a wait-and-see mode,” Peter Sidorov of Deutsche Bank wrote in a note on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The absence of a clear forward guidance leaves the Fed’s reaction function unusually uncertain, said Gabriele Foa, global credit portfolio manager at Algebris in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Zero’s absence would stunt the growth of mathematics, stifle innovation in science, and, incidentally, make a mess of the calendar.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
For many Cameroonians, however, Biya's repeated absences over the past two decades have become a source of growing frustration.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
That includes both authorised absences, such as illness, and unauthorised absences, which is when pupils miss school without permission or a valid reason.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
All it cost them to snatch up the winner of the last two American League Cy Young Awards was three minor-leaguers whose absences will barely make a dent in their loaded farm system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Dianne Feinstein’s final years in office involved repeated reporting on cognitive decline and absences, raising difficult questions about when coverage becomes invasive or speculative.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
He has a wife who suffers his absences without complaint, and who arranges porcelain kittens by color, lightest to darkest, on two different shelves in their drawing room in Stuttgart.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing absence
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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