They sent to the Sun and asked him what he meant by his absence.

A short while later, Mark noticed something by its absence.

But when all is put together, several things will be conspicuous by their absence.

Each told a story in itself, by its jagged absence.

The only people who really matter, the players, were conspicuous by their absence.

So do several players who were conspicuous by their absence in 1993.

As the days went by the absence of life became almost uncanny.

Searching for an answer, Harry found one by its absence.

Seven months later, however, that question has become conspicuous by its absence.

But it is not simply that women are notable by their absence.