in the presence of (someone)
idiom
: when (someone) is present : around
Their daughter is shy in the presence of strangers.
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What To Know President Trump hosted UAE National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the White House and hosted a dinner banquet in his honor on Wednesday, in the presence of senior US officials.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
The Polar Music Prize is presented at a ceremony in Stockholm in the presence of the Swedish royal family.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2025
Some scale mountains because there’s a kind of meditation in moving—and in the presence of risk.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2025
Hard choices require faith—not in the absence of data, but in the presence of possibility.
—Aslak De Silva, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
The Polar Music Prize is presented at a ceremony in Stockholm in the presence of the Swedish royal family.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2025
Some scale mountains because there’s a kind of meditation in moving—and in the presence of risk.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2025
Hard choices require faith—not in the absence of data, but in the presence of possibility.
—Aslak De Silva, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in the presence of (someone)
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“In the presence of (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20presence%20of%20%28someone%29. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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