absent
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Again and again, the poems search for a “you,” often absent or dead, divine or unknowable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Swiatek is absent from the semi-finals for the first time since 2019, but Chwalinska has managed to fill a void for her nation.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Overall, the announcements are “unlikely to drive demand absent a surprise,” Vogt wrote.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
At that scale, liquids tend to mix poorly because turbulence is largely absent.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
Conspicuously absent from this list was the NAACP, the country’s dominant civil rights organization since 1909, but still dedicated to the slower tactic of filing legal challenges to segregation.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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