How to Use absentee in a Sentence

absentee

noun

• There were 10 sick absentees that day.
• The rise of absentee voting means that the red and blue swaths viewers see on King’s map early in the day are likely to change during the night.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Nov. 2022
• But these are just the famous names, the familiar faces, the notable absentees.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 19 July 2023
• But Biden's choice to call out Youngkin isn't solely due to his broad absentee voting push for the statewide election.
  — Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2023
• But the complicated absentee voting process is just one headache for the staff ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
  — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Oct. 2022
• The main reason is the uptick in absentee voting in what is expected to be a high-turnout midterm election.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2022
• But the shape of the race could change with thousands of outstanding absentee ballots.
  — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2022
• Cignetti has said the Hoosiers expect to have a few absentees due to postseason surgeries.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Jan. 2024
• Just a narrow slice of Texans can vote absentee by mail.
  — Fredreka Schouten, CNN, 11 Feb. 2022
• The state also keeps track of all absentee ballots, which are trackable through bar codes.
  — Joshua A. Douglas, CNN, 26 July 2022
• For the first time ever in a statewide election, Michigan voters had the chance to vote early as well as absentee.
  — Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2024
• They will still be required to mail the ballots back to the clerks or return them in person, the same as any other absentee voter in the state.
  — Todd Richmond, Twin Cities, 25 June 2024
• The first day of absentee in-person voting is Tuesday, May 16.
  — The Courier-Journal, 6 Mar. 2024
• The town used a machine to fold the absentee ballots before sending them to voters.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 July 2021
• Overseas absentee ballots are due Aug. 31, and many Alaskans vote by mail.
  — Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2022
• The referendum will run from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at town hall, and absentee ballots will be available at the town clerk’s office.
  — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2022
• Rules regarding absentee and mail-in voting are the most common subjects of new state election laws in the past year.
  — Siobhan Hughes, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
• Ricky Bobby's credo, imprinted on him by his absentee father Reese (Gary Cole), proves to be a house of cards.
  — Terry Terrones, EW.com, 17 Jan. 2023
• The auction will also be streamed online on Bonhams.com, and absentee and phone bids are acceptable.
  — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2021
• The only people allowed to vote absentee in Texas are those who are 65 and older, sick, disabled, in jail or out of the county on Election Day.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2021
• There is no in-person absentee voting on the Monday before the election.
  — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2024
• The claim spurred months of misinformation about absentee ballots in the state.
  — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2022
• Wait went into the MyVote system and requested that the absentee ballots for Vos and Mason be sent to his address.
  — Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2022
• The last thing Johnson wants to be is an absentee father, especially when his daughters — ages 6 and 4 — need him most.
  — Vulture, 7 Oct. 2022
• The ruling did not mention whether someone voting absentee by mail must put his or her own ballot in the mailbox.
  — Grayson Quay, The Week, 9 July 2022
• Those are also the only forms of ID that can be used to request or cast an absentee or emergency ballot.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Dec. 2021
• Only Ward 1 voters will go to the polls or submit absentee ballots.
  — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2022
• In 2020, Trump and his allies claimed that reports of absentee vote totals from Milwaukee in the early morning the day after the election were a sign of fraud.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 8 Nov. 2022
• And Republicans this year pushed for more of their supporters to vote absentee.
  — Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2024
• Both parties are preparing to challenge ballots, especially if mail-in or absentee votes are decisive in swing states, raising the possibility of prolonged court fights.
  — Mike Allen, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Jan 2025