How to pronounce absence

Listen to absence in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“absence” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 447 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. That how, in the absence absence of conviction.

    NSF · watch from 27:27 · hear it here

  2. But in the absence of any planning, in the absence of any scoping, in the absence

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 14:58 · hear it here

  3. So again, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

    NIH · watch from 20:10 · hear it here

  4. the absence of the ability to log it as flight time, in the absence

    FAA · watch from 10:41 · hear it here

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