absence
Example Sentences
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"What was unusual was the near absence of engagement during Hasina's tenure. The pendulum had swung too far in one direction; now it risks swinging too far in the other."
From BBC
No one warned me about how disorienting that absence would be.
His absence only encouraged a willing Scotland to spin wide.
From BBC
The God's Crossing has not appeared since 2018, an absence that both scientists and believers attribute to climate change.
From Barron's
Others have tracked attendance at political gatherings, parsing changes in seating arrangements or unexplained absences that can signal a disturbance in an official’s career trajectory.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
