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The phrase "absent a change" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used to show an alternative or exception to something. It can also be used to express a condition or requirement that must be met in order for something to happen. Example: "Absent a change in the weather, our outdoor event will go on as planned." This sentence means that unless there is a change in the weather, the event will happen as scheduled. The phrase "absent a change" emphasizes the importance of the weather remaining the same for the event to take place.
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"But the county is facing significant pressure absent a change of course," she said.
Directors must maximize the "long run interests of the shareholders" and have no duty (absent a change of control transaction) to " best maximize the corporation's current stock price". But what is this "long run" interest?
The Congressional Budget Office is slightly more sanguine, but its director, nonetheless, recently warned that "absent a change in fiscal policy... the shortfall in the nation's output relative to potential levels will be the largest — in duration and depth — since the Depression of the 1930s".
Absent a change in policy, we are currently on a steady trajectory in which the time costs to pay for health spending are more than five times as large as for food.
Some independent experts said the survey suggests that the health care law is approaching its limits, absent a change.
It also states that, absent a change, the sheriff himself should handle all the bureaucratic work associated with ICE requests.
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Absent such a change in the current administration, many of us will be forced to choose a presidential candidate whose domestic policies we may not like but who understands firsthand the effects of flawed policies and incompetent military strategies and who fully comprehends the price.
"Absent such a change, the fundamental pictures remain bleak to us," the analyst.
Absent a constitutional change -- to a lesser degree, even with it -- those prospects look mighty bleak.
Absent a dramatic change, we know for sure that any deal with Iran will include two major concessions to Iran.
Absent a radical change in the Republican position, then, we'd still be on course to replicate Europe's folly.
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