absence
Example Sentences
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What’s been unusual about this absence is that no one seems to have a clue what’s going on.
From Slate • May 16, 2026
It had been seen as his route back to Westminster after a nine year absence, and a possible chance to challenge the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Yet the fact that Hüller is one of the bigger names at this year’s Cannes also underscores Hollywood’s absence.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Reasons for their absence include cost-cutting, a growing preference for tightly controlled social media-led launches, and the risk that a mauling from the Cannes critics can doom a movie.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
How people feel when they are returning home from an absence, long or short, I did not know: I had never experienced the sensation.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing absence
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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