absent
Example Sentences
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The idea was to compose a show that even those who weren’t “Monty Python” fans would enjoy, with hints of romance and sincerity absent from the source material.
From Los Angeles Times
Anyway, Tansy had her a payload of pupils and could just mark me and Charlie absent.
From Literature
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Having lowered rates last year, many officials think they may not be doing much to restrain the economy as it is, leaving little room to cut absent meaningful weakening.
The operator whose elopement caused Miss Genovese to be absent.
From Literature
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Largely absent are even the most basic stories analyzing Iran’s losses and the fate of their supposed leadership.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.