How to Use absentee in a Sentence

absentee

noun

• There were 10 sick absentees that day.
• Oklahoma, too, allows time off for in-person absentee voting.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
• But parents and children bond through the work of caregiving, and his opting out of the work entirely means his kids have an absentee father.
  — Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2022
• Bohren’s ruling also barred people from returning any absentee ballots other than their own.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2022
• Bohren's ruling also prevents voters from having someone else return their absentee ballots for them.
  — Patrick Marley, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2022
• The president also whacked Georgia for setting standards for the drop boxes where voters can deposit absentee ballots in lieu of mailing them.
  — Karl Rove, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2022
• Among them are multiple measures to require a photo ID to vote and limiting in-person absentee voting to no more than two weeks before an election.
  — Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2022
• In addition to absentee voting, which is available in most states for those who won't be able to vote in-person on election day, some states also offer a vote-by-mail option for those who can't or do not want to vote in person.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024