absent

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, and daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are absent, after attending last year.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The pastor said many congregants were absent because they had traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend a March 29 rally of Iranian diaspora in support of the war.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

But they, too, would be unlikely to fight Iran for the strait absent a major American intervention, diplomats and officials say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Notably absent were Mexico, Colombia and Brazil, major players whose combined GDP accounts for 60% of Latin America’s economy.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

And the tension he had expected, the weight of memory and regret that would come with seeing Olanna again in her presence, were absent.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie