The phrase "absent clear" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and lacks context to determine its intended use.
Example: "The report was absent clear evidence to support the claims made."
Alternatives: "lacking clarity" or "without clear".
Regarding the ordination of untrained workers, he said, "absent clear fraud, the government is not going to touch that".
In a brief given to the court, Apple's lawyers said forcing Apple do this, "absent clear legal authority to do so," would tarnish their brand.
Absent clear evidence, the debate comes down to subjectivity, parental choice and a difference of opinion over a single world: engagement.
In a brief given to the court, Apple's lawyers said: "Forcing Apple to extract data in this case, absent clear legal authority to do so, could threaten the trust between Apple and its customers and substantially tarnish the Apple brand".
Critics counter that, absent clear proof, schools are being motivated by a blind faith in technology and an overemphasis on digital skills — like using PowerPoint and multimedia tools — at the expense of math, reading and writing fundamentals.
A three judge-panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled on Monday that, absent clear evidence to the contrary, such payments should be viewed as "prima facie evidence of an unreasonable restraint of trade".
Absent any clear-cut information about which plant and equipment outlays expanded the business and which merely kept existing business alive, assume that all fell into the latter category.
My longwinded explanation (left on the ABC News cutting room floor, understandably and thankfully) was this: absent any clear-cut exogenous variable or variables accounting for the decline, it behooves us to attribute, as an operational hypothesis, a good part of the drop-off to women's individual and aggregate choice, plain and simple.
Absent a clear party stance, some Democrats keep their comments on Iraq vague; others offer specifics.
Absent a clear sense of the future, digital publishing has become a Rorschach test for the book business.
The local boards have been given broad discretion, which no court may overrule absent a clear abuse of discretion.
