Absentee

//ˌæb.sn̩ˈti//

"Absentee" in a Sentence (14 examples)

You can vote by absentee ballot.

The absentee landlord requires a state to enforce his claims to the property.

The traveler sent in an absentee vote by mail.

By tradition, the Kabyle cake was divided into 4 to 8 parts by the grandmother or the hostess. If there is a part left, she brings it to her lips and then reserves it for the current absentee or the deceased, to honor his/her soul.

Tens of millions of Americans have already voted ahead of Tuesday’s national election, some at early polling sites and others by mailing or dropping off absentee ballots.

I hate absentee landlords.

He's an absentee landlord.

At roll-call there were three absentees.

absentee father; absentee landlord; absentee freeholder

The manufacturer's promised new model was a notable absentee at the car show.

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absentee ballot, absentee property

In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.

My trustees are going to lend Earl Blessington sixty thousand pounds (at six per cent.) on a Dublin mortgage. Only think of my becoming an Irish absentee!

In recent primaries, for example, nearly 4% of absentees were rejected in Philadelphia; 8% in Kentucky; and 20% in parts of New York City.

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