AWOL
1 of 2adjective or adverb
sometimes not capitalized
: absent without leave
broadly
: absent often without notice or permission
the place looked as if its caretaker had been AWOL for some time —
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Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 10 Jan. 2025
As recently as November, nearly 500 soldiers were reportedly still AWOL.
—David Axe, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
About 20% of the soldiers missing from those companies had gone AWOL.
—Samya Kullab and Volodymyr Yurchuk, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
Another critics favorite, Nickel Boys did land in Motion Picture – Drama but was AWOL everywhere else.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
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Rather than include long-throw projectors in its product portfolio, AWOL Vision – which launched in 2022 to produce ultra-short-throw projectors – opted to spin out a sister brand called Valerion.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 10 Jan. 2025
As recently as November, nearly 500 soldiers were reportedly still AWOL.
—David Axe, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
About 20% of the soldiers missing from those companies had gone AWOL.
—Samya Kullab and Volodymyr Yurchuk, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
Another critics favorite, Nickel Boys did land in Motion Picture – Drama but was AWOL everywhere else.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
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“AWOL.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/AWOL. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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