absence
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“Regulation is not about slowing down progress. It is about asking questions and saying that in the absence of answers, we’re going to put on reasonable restraints that we can revisit.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Conspicuous in its absence in the center position of the dash is an LCD touch screen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
In Hao’s acceptance speech, read by presenter Jia-Rui Cook in her absence, the author said she “can’t help but be disturbed by how the themes of this book have grown more relevant by the day.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
"In a very short time, he made new friends who have stayed in touch despite his extended absence," they said.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
To that point went every leisure moment which her father’s claims on her allowed, and every moment of involuntary absence of mind.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing absence
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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