absence
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Guard tandem Marcus Smart and Luke Kennard combined with the ageless LeBron James to make up for the absence of injuries to Doncic as well as fellow starting guard Austin Reaves.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
“While our conversations with the airports we cover have been reassuring regarding fuel supply to their core assets, the risk of capacity disruption remains high in the absence of further visibility,” they say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
However, if the fund is trading at a deep discount, the absence of buybacks should be viewed as a red flag that strongly suggests the NAV is overstated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Both families have learned to live with absence in different ways.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Mr. Rochester had given me but one week’s leave of absence: yet a month elapsed before I quitted Gateshead.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing absence
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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