absentee
Example Sentences
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Throughout the oral arguments, various justices brought up concerns about the potential for absentee voters to recall their ballots to change or alter them in some type of way.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
The widespread use of absentee voting occurred for the first time during the Civil War when many states allowed soldiers to vote from the field.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026
If early voting is fine, and if the counting process can go on for days after the polls close, then why not the arrival of absentee ballots that were marked and mailed on time?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
A once proud, close-knit community has been left to the vagaries of absentee landlords, rising deprivation and residents who often don't want to be here.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
Some absentee owners are merely letting him live on their land here, in another little trailer he stays in.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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