They are more rare on islands, and in contrast to the closely related waterfowl are essentially absent from oceanic islands- unless introduced there by humans.

Regolith can vary from being essentially absent to hundreds of metres in thickness.

"Grain products and concentrated sugars were essentially absent from human nutrition until the invention of agriculture," Ludwig says, "which was only 10,000 years ago."

In the American military, the latest demographic research reveals that the wealthy are essentially absent, while minorities are overrepresented.

The ability to countersteer and swerve was essentially absent.

Researchers on the 1915 survey noted that in the few places where fish had been introduced, frogs were essentially absent.

Shinigami (often plural) are common in modern Japanese arts and fiction and essentially absent from traditional mythology.

In contrast, bioluminescence is essentially absent (with a few exceptions) in fresh water, even in Lake Baikal".

Massive acts of voting fraud and election-day intimidation are essentially absent.

Essentially absent, though, are the rich people and vacationers whose demands for creature comforts are presumably fueling all of this.