absence
Example Sentences
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Even having made two single-season streaming series in the interim, he has seemingly been missing in action, the absence of his visual flair, bent humor and taste for provocation leaving an empty space in theaters.
From Los Angeles Times
In the 2025-26 Ashes series, the seventh of his career, Starc has taken 26 wickets - stepping up in the absence of pace colleagues often more vaunted.
From BBC
And that absence has helped cement a prevailing narrative: China isn’t stimulating, and without a big push, its economy will continue to drift.
From Barron's
Although Amorim stated he would not use the absence of key players as an excuse, he did reel off the names and said it explained a lot.
From BBC
Everything nowadays is documented, live-streamed and dissected, so his silence represented something my generation is deeply uncomfortable with: the absence of a narrative.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
