Most of the executives attended the meeting, but the company president was 'conspicuously absent'. [='conspicuous by his absence'; it was very noticeable that the company president was not there]
The soldier was 'absent without leave'. [='AWOL'; absent without having permission to be absent]
He made an 'absent' reply to her question as he continued to watch the TV.
(..) Right. Sweets! Hey, Romanov, good to see you. You have been conspicuously absent for the past decade. Whoa, Sweets! Hi, Lance! Hey, guys. These-these guys know you? Ten years ago, Sweets was one (..)2014 TvShow: Bones Title: The Master in the Slop Season: 9 Episode 14