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.
(..) What is? My cash. That's what you were looking for, right? That's what you want. No. God. Oh, well. I guess after being absent for some -odd years or so... I can't expect you to want to have a relationship with me. - How much? - How much what? (..)2005 In Her Shoes