| explain absence | 3.29 | He declined to explain his absence. | ||
| feel absence | 1.97 | That absence is felt. | ||
| note absence | 1.71 | Sanders noted its absence. | ||
| blame absence | 1.38 | Flores blamed the absence on stress. | ||
| notice absence | 1.38 | Notice the absence of filth. | ||
| cite absence | 0.99 | Gazprom canceled the meeting, citing the absence of a quorum. | ||
| say absence | 0.86 | Thai aviation officials say absence of landing system not behind crash. | ||
| excuse absence | 0.79 | His absence is excused. | ||
| have absence | 0.72 | He had many absences from work. | ||
| lament absence | 0.72 | And Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, lamented the absence of prayer in classrooms. | ||
| overcome absence | 0.72 | If you listened to the hype, the Trojans had enough talent without Palmer to overcome his absence. | ||
| use absence | 0.72 | But it tends to be Jews who use absence to proclaim their faith. | ||
| include absence | 0.66 | Those counts included the absence of magnets along conveyor belts to trap loose pieces of metal. | ||
| show absence | 0.53 | Several players, including some veterans, showed an absence of composure. | ||
| attribute absence | 0.46 | Daly later attributed his absence from the tour to the scuffle, saying he aggravated a back injury. | ||
| criticize absence | 0.46 | Do not criticize his absences directly. | ||
| mean absence | 0.46 | Plotless does not mean an absence of emotion. | ||
| regret absence | 0.46 | Blatter regretted the absence of Japanese star Hidetoshi Nakata in the final. | ||
| bemoan absence | 0.39 | Readers continually bemoan the absence of real women in magazines, including Allure. | ||
| ensure absence | 0.39 | Finchem wanted Pleasant Valley to accept dates that would ensure the absence of many top players. |