absence
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The team also said Neymar, Brazil's leading international scorer who was only recalled to the national team after a two-year absence for the World Cup, was "recovering well" from a calf injury.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Meanwhile, the absence of abfraction lesions in primates suggests that some of our most common dental problems are uniquely human.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Instead, the absence of disinflation is the culprit.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
The leading two players had swept the past nine majors between them, but Sinner's early exit in Paris, and Alcaraz's absence with injury, provided a golden opportunity for the rest of the field.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Like the other patients at Carville, she submits to monthly tests to determine if the disease is still present or if it’s been “arrested”—the term used to describe continued absence of infection.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing absence
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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