Idiom of the Day
in the absence of (someone or something)
without someone or something
In the absence of any concrete plans for the building we decided to sell it.
Fact
Because radio waves travel at 186,000 miles per second and sound waves saunter at 700 miles per hour, a broadcast voice can be heard sooner 13,000 miles away than it can be heard at the back of the room in which it originated
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