virtual absence

collocation in English

meaningsofvirtualandabsence

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virtual
adjective
uk
/ˈvɜː.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈvɝː.tʃu.əl/
almost a particular thing ...
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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 ofvirtualandabsencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Its generous pension programme contrasts with avirtualabsenceof state interest in health or care provision for elders.
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Unlike many other areas classical villas are noticeable by theirvirtualabsence.
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It is interesting to note thevirtualabsenceof conflicts concerning land issues due, of course, to the very low density of population.
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The wall is parchment-like, withvirtualabsenceof myocardium.
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There is thevirtualabsenceof discussion of people and the meaning and significance of materials made (artefacts) or encountered (unaltered materials).
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No excursions into critical theory mar the perfection of this narrative; psychological inquiry is evidently irrelevant, judging from itsvirtualabsence; no revisionist histories are consulted.
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The proposed dominance of the frame is considered to result from thevirtualabsenceof an active role of articulators other than the mandible during babbled utterances.
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He would not agree with me that thevirtualabsenceof wage differentials for skill could be responsible for that.
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It is an invasion which is the more shocking for thevirtualabsenceof any attempt to justify it.
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There were understandable misjudgments in terms of undermanning, thevirtualabsenceof heavy lift and the collapse of the defence medical service.
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Thevirtualabsenceof draught in hovercraft can break the ice in pools of any depth.
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Thevirtualabsenceof tsetse flies in the region has led, moreover, to increased livestock raising as a major occupation in the north.
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It is characterized a puckered skin due to avirtualabsenceof subcutaneous fat.
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A natural consequence of this is thevirtualabsenceof obligate vertebrate fungivores.
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Its curved lines, inclined arches andvirtualabsenceof right angles make the geometric shape of the bridge very sophisticated.
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This is a lethal condition in which the primary feature is the total orvirtualabsenceof the lower jaw (a developmental anomaly called agnathia).
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Thevirtualabsenceof emergent vegetation is a characteristic of the loch and may be linked to the consolidated substrate.
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