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presence

Definition for presence

noun as in occupancy, attendance

noun as in appearance, demeanor

noun as in closeness, vicinity

noun as in ghost

Strongest match

spirit

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"We were not expecting to detect an asymmetry like this, and it will be a task for the astrophysicists modeling these systems to explain its presence," said Kim.

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He said it was a "shock" to see a police presence when he arrived.

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"Her continued presence symbolised a tangible link between the present reign and the widely cherished past era," he said.

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Though the military presence has since mostly relocated farther north and behind barbed wire, a bizarre, lingering, nostalgic version of an older America persists there.

“He was a reassuring presence in the absence of national leadership,” said Leonie Huddy, a political psychologist at Stony Brook University who studies gender in politics.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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