in the presence of (someone)

idiom

: when (someone) is present : around

Their daughter is shy in the presence of strangers.

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After drinking alcohol in the presence of the fraternity president, Caden Cooper, 22, the three younger men — Christopher Serrano, 20, and Lars Larsen, 19, both pledges, and Lucas Cowling, 20 — then performed the skit, prosecutors said. —

Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025 Larsen and Serrano, who were not of legal drinking age, also drank alcohol before the skit while in the presence of Cowling. —

Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025 The algorithms behind swarm technology must support decentralized yet synchronized decision-making in dynamic environments, often in the presence of enemy jamming. —

Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025 They are absorbed in the intestines in the presence of dietary fat. —

Patricia Weiser, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for in the presence of (someone)

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