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The study examined indigo light, a short wavelength of visible light that is plentiful in natural sunlight but largely absent from standard white LED lighting.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

State Controller Malia Cohen sponsored Assembly Bill 1447, which seeks to define the process for California to take custody of securities when the owner is deemed absent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Maybe someday I’d have the opportunity to give those letters to my grandchildren when they were old enough to understand why they had an absent grandfather.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

Barnett, 41, returned to Radio 4's Today programme on Wednesday morning, explaining she had been absent in recent weeks because she was in hospital "in a case of life imitating work".

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

I assumed that was why the officer had shown up—to find out why I was absent.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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

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

Yet even Rose notably absents himself from the stage as his sidemen widdle their way through their countless between-song solos.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2010

Reason: Under the city charter a mayor who absents himself for more than 30 days loses his office.

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

“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

But should Duncan, as Steinbach suggested, have chosen to turn down the Federalist Society’s invitation and voluntarily absented himself from Stanford’s campus?

From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2023

"Although she did not explain to the defendant why she had done this, it must have been obvious to him that she had absented herself because of her anxiety."

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2020

The U.N. secretary general seated himself between Mr. Putin and Mr. Obama at a lunch, but absented himself for some of the toasts.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2015

This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

Ryan Bowen, representing Membury, admitted his client had "not added any strength to the mitigation against him by absenting himself from proceedings".

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

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

No intercourse with Harriet possible but by note; no church for her on Sunday any more than on Christmas Day; and no need to find excuses for Mr. Elton’s absenting himself.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen