AWOL

adjective

Definition of AWOLnext
as in missing
not present at a mandatory time and place The soldier was AWOL for more than a week. "Where's Ben?" "I'm not sure—he's been AWOL all day."

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for AWOL
  1. missing
  2. gone
  3. truant
  4. absent
  5. out
Adjective
  • Now, 14 years later, Bear’s teen sister has gone missing too.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The week’s biggest stories Missing people L.A. firefighter who went missing after Long Beach dive identified, but he hasn’t been found.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of missing
Adjective
  • The original pioneers were mostly busy making non-hyperpop or gone: SOPHIE tragically died in 2021; 100 gecs spent years toiling to make their zany stadium-rock second album.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024
  • People have found out in the process — some who’ve gone virtual — their attendance has gone way up.
    Peggy O’Hare, ExpressNews.com, 7 May 2020
Definition of gone
Adjective
  • Students aren’t just truant to be truant, Captain said.
    Nadia Scharf, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The analysis estimated that switching to enrollment would cost about $3.4 billion a year, since truant students would still qualify their schools for aid.
    Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 12 Sep. 2024
Definition of truant
Adjective
  • Carven had been absent from the runways and without a marquee designer for several years.
    Luisa Zargani, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
  • With Manchin absent in the Senate, and the vote tied at 49-49, a potential tie-breaking vote from Vice President Harris was possible.
    Axios, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of absent
Adjective
  • Good Fortune, my last one, was being in a serious relationship, and getting engaged, and married, and taking those next steps of being an out person, or dealing with that taste of adulthood.
    Them, Them, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Earlier this year in the county, moderate Democrats in Calexico, an almost entirely Latino border city, led a successful recall campaign against two young, progressive members of the City Council, including its first out transgender member, Raúl Ureña, who accused opponents of transphobia.
    Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of out
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“AWOL.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/AWOL. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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