absence
Example Sentences
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"Mum was the person who held our family together and her absence is felt every single day. Nothing feels the same without her."
From BBC
His absence didn’t slow down the Jazz in the early going against a Lakers defense that was not engaged.
From Los Angeles Times
Every time I go back to visit, it seems that five new franchises have appeared in my absence.
From Salon
In the absence of a real-world pandemic, the researchers instead modelled a range of plausible transmission speeds.
From BBC
The material is heated in the absence of oxygen, driving out elements other than carbon.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
