as in absent
not present at a mandatory time and place
Her son was suspended after being truant from school a number of times.
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Recent Examples of truant
Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
Bowser’s bill also includes a provision that would send truant younger students to the Department of Human Services for social services, rather than the city’s Child and Family Services Agency.
—Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Byron Pitts, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
In Los Angeles, school superintendent Alberto Carvalho has gone door to door; in Alabama, signs stressing the importance of attendance are displayed on front lawns; in Philadelphia, local programs have been established that send out text messages to potentially truant youths' parents.
—Lauren Lantry, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
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Adjective
Critics have faulted her, though, for working in court to uphold California’s death penalty, despite her personal opposition, and for her threats to jail parents of chronically truant schoolchildren.
—Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
Bowser’s bill also includes a provision that would send truant younger students to the Department of Human Services for social services, rather than the city’s Child and Family Services Agency.
—Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Verb
The program helps truant students get back on track.
—Byron Pitts, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
In Los Angeles, school superintendent Alberto Carvalho has gone door to door; in Alabama, signs stressing the importance of attendance are displayed on front lawns; in Philadelphia, local programs have been established that send out text messages to potentially truant youths' parents.
—Lauren Lantry, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
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In his recent songs and music videos, Galaxy Gas tanks and any mention of whippets have been noticeably absent.Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024
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However, Swift has also been noticeably absent for Kelce's away games as security concerns linger for the singer.David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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The time off is a benefit of elimination from the NBA Cup, the Lakers idle during the knockout games this week.Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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Employers added just 36,000 jobs in October as Hurricanes Helene and Milton idled about 70,000 workers, according to Goldman Sachs estimates.Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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The entire day felt dehumanizing, as if her nearly eight years with the company, her medical problems and her physical pain had been reduced to nothing more than malingering and scattered incidents of tardiness.Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023
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Goldstein, who did not return a message seeking comment, practices in Chicago and has lectured on the topic of malingering, according to a resume posted online.Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
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When someone in the music industry told him that Deconstruction had already broken up, the news deeply bummed him out.Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
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Feeling bummed about the losing Dallas Cowboys season?Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 22 Nov. 2024
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The commission’s 1,600 employees were furloughed and spent the next day recovering from shutdown preparations.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Hundreds of thousands of government employees would be furloughed if Congress fails to pass a spending bill.Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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Instead, Spurs dawdled during negotiations and, in the end, Slot stayed with the Dutch club for another season before joining Liverpool.Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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Once again, the Packers — who still had two timeouts — diddled and dawdled and didn’t run another play until there were just 16 seconds left in the half.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Tule elk wander Point Reyes and elephant seals laze on its beaches.Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2024
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Getty The best things to do in Lake Annecy There are more than enough opportunities to laze about with coffee and pain au chocolat, meander through Old Town Annecy’s labyrinth streets (especially during its spectacular Christmas Market season), or unwind at several spas.Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Dec. 2024
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Don’t be fooled by its small appearance, though — this beauty can hold up to a week’s worth of clothes.Jasmine Grant, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024
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The passenger initially gave deputies a fake name and a 2012 birth date, but they were not fooled by this alibi as the woman appeared older, according to the Sheriff’s Office.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Truant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truant. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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