absence
Example Sentences
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Investors might be a tad disappointed by the absence of a special dividend, even if the ordinary dividend was hiked substantially, he adds.
Bayer said profitability in its agricultural business was hurt by regulatory headwinds, costs linked to its restructuring actions and the absence of proceeds from sales of noncore assets that lifted its prior-year results.
But Riley said he thought Hines’ absence could actually be “a blessing in disguise” for the rest of the room.
From Los Angeles Times
Along with an absence of plumbing, gas and electric services, it was also left without any windows.
From MarketWatch
Because of this, researchers once suspected its absence south of Montana might have been linked to widespread forest destruction caused by the asteroid impact 66 million years ago.
From Science Daily
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