take attendance

idiom

: make a record of who is present
The teacher takes attendance every day.

Examples of take attendance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Another excuse to make the media take attendance and the sports-talk hosts windmills churn during a sports calendar that’s about to slow down to a crawl. Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 1 June 2024 Analysis: Amazon managers should manage more, take attendance less In response, employees are either grudgingly complying with badge-swipe quotas while putting in the bare minimum of face time or offering their skills to more flex-friendly employers. Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023 But a lot of teachers, Nugent said, have been using the policy to take attendance, adding that students are not being sent to the principal for not having their phones in the caddy but instead are marked absent. Adria Watson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023 No need to take attendance: several generations of film lovers will likely tune into this one. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2022 See all Example Sentences for take attendance 

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“Take attendance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20attendance. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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