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
• All Georgians can vote absentee, and the new deadline is a neutral rule.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 June 2021
• 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
• More than half of the 61 advancing bills would restrict absentee and mail-in voting.
  — Janie Boschma, CNN, 28 May 2021
• Overseas absentee ballots are due Aug. 31, and many Alaskans vote by mail.
  — Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2022
• But absentee and affidavit votes won’t be added to the tally until next month.
  — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 22 June 2021
• The bulk of the Justice Department’s 40-page complaint revolves around changes to the state’s absentee-ballot process.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 25 June 2021
• 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
• Nathan Ake, Oscar Bobb and Rodri are long-term absentees.
  — Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
• 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 patterns the Herald found reveal how savvy lawyers can work the system to wrest condos away from absentee owners and the relatives of dead owners over liens as small as a few thousand dollars.
  — Ben Wieder and, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 6 Mar 2025