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Recent Examples of absence Heiskanen’s absence, however, did allow Harley to shine more on his own. The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025 So maybe Dowdle and company can find a way to find some success on the ground in Hubbard's absence. Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025 Stocks are at all-time highs, with tech names in particular rallying even in the absence of any government data. Sarah Min, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025 In the absence of independent monitoring on the ground, the ministry is the primary source for casualty data relied upon by humanitarian groups, journalists, and international bodies. Callum Sutherland, Time, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for absence
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Noun
  • Youths frustrated at a social media ban, corruption and lack of economic opportunities coordinated mass protests via Discord that helped bring down the government.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • If the shutdown drags on, the lack of government data could strain investors’ understanding of the health of the labor market and path of inflation at a time when stocks are historically expensive and vulnerable to a surprise.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In theory, Gyokeres is exactly what Arsenal need and a potential game-changer for their title ambitions.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In an era when streaming subscribers pick their own viewing hours, every program is watched by individual consumers at different times of day, in different geographic regions and with different interests and needs.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Absence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absence. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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