absent
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There’s plenty of furtive gags like this throughout “Up in Smoke”: police incompetence, absent parents, anti-war rhetoric and racial stereotypes that function as satire.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
Overall, “we see this as a modest positive for long-term strategic optionality, with no near-term impact on estimates absent a subsequent FDA decision that actually adds substances to an allowable compounding pathway,” BofA analysts wrote.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
The closest parallel — absent that above-referenced self-immolation — was in 1998.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
It is a political party represented in parliament and in the government, and a social movement that runs services including schools and hospitals in areas where the state has been absent.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
“My friend and companion,” said I, rising from the sofa, “is absent; you must have his room.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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