absent
adjective
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present).
are absenting
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present progressiveof absent.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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There possibly never has been a time when more people are absenting themselves from the church than at the present time.
From And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses by J. Wilbur Chapman
You are absenting yourself from choice, I doubt not.
From Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days by Emma Marshall
