in the presence of (someone)
idiom
: when (someone) is present : around
Their daughter is shy in the presence of strangers.
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Vestments: white damask miter (worn in the presence of the pope).
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
On Friday evening, at the end of his lying-in-state in the basilica, Francis's coffin will be closed privately in the presence of a few aides.
—USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
By convention, the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, a senior cardinal appointed to oversee the transition, would destroy the ring and bulla in the presence of the College of Cardinals after announcing the pope’s passing.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2025
But regions of spacetime can also become disconnected, or decoupled, in the presence of strong gravitational fields, such as those found in and around a black hole.
—Lyndie Chiou, Wired News, 20 Apr. 2025
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
On Friday evening, at the end of his lying-in-state in the basilica, Francis's coffin will be closed privately in the presence of a few aides.
—USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
By convention, the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, a senior cardinal appointed to oversee the transition, would destroy the ring and bulla in the presence of the College of Cardinals after announcing the pope’s passing.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2025
But regions of spacetime can also become disconnected, or decoupled, in the presence of strong gravitational fields, such as those found in and around a black hole.
—Lyndie Chiou, Wired News, 20 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in the presence of (someone)
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“In the presence of (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20presence%20of%20%28someone%29. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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