frequent absence

collocation in English

meaningsoffrequentandabsence

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frequent
adjective
uk
/ˈfriː.kwənt/us
/ˈfriː.kwənt/
happening ...
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absence
noun
uk
/ˈæb.səns/us
/ˈæb.səns/
the fact of not being where you are usually expected ...
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(Definition offrequentandabsencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thefrequentabsenceof adults appears likely to be because their emergence is often delayed until the host plant is physiologically suitable for the development of the next generation.
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Occupational mobility is hampered by thefrequentabsenceof mutual recognition of taxation systems and of transferability of supplementary pension rights.
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Formal modifications include thefrequentabsenceof ritornellos, truncated "da capo" arias, between five and nine accompanied recitatives and several small ensembles.
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There are numerous complaints in the school records, of thefrequentabsenceof teachers.
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Challenges include low pay of doctors (only $15 a month), poor facilities, poor provision of equipment, andfrequentabsenceof essential drugs.
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But once given, his support was never-failing over many years and her frequent absences from home.
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As the illness progresses, they stay in work as long as they can but, with frequent absences, this may become part-time work.
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Similarly, disability is often mistakenly equated with poor health and the possibility of frequent absences.
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Its staff often worked long hours, with frequent absences from their home base.
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These chronic illness lead to frequent absences from school and all the potential ills of unemployment, crime and drug dependency that are often associated with poor scholastic performance.
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Employers are more likely to be worried about problems with production and with the employment of temporary staff which frequent absences of their regular employees can result in.
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Tardies, frequent absences, and/or inappropriate driving in the parking lot can revoke a student's right to have a parking spot.
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At a tender age she began to look after the house during her parents' frequent absences.
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He was described as an excellent pupil in school, but had frequent absences due to psychological problems.
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With his limited income and frequent absences from work playing rugby he found boarding his best accommodation option.
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His frequent absences from his family helped her goal of keeping her children away from his bad influence succeed.
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His frequent absences from school jeopardized his position as a diver on his school's swim team.
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Their marriage, marked by his frequent absences and brushes with the law, was short-lived.
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School records show that there were frequent absences during harvesting or at other times when help was needed on the farms.
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Universal sued him for his frequent absences that caused the film to go over budget.
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