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absentee

[ab-suhn-tee] / ˌæb sənˈti /
ADJECTIVE
not being present
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NOUN
one who is absent
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Como's Trevoh Chalobah is another absentee, while Manchester City's Nico O'Reilly and Rico Lewis have also not been selected.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Secretary of State Michael Watson said in his last update posted on X Thursday that around 3,300 absentee ballots remained outstanding.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Soffin left the Senate race blank on her absentee ballot, and she stood by that.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

One likely absentee is Scott McKenna, who has missed Dinamo Zagreb's past two games and has been ruled out for the next two weeks by the Croatian champions.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

To judge from modern parallels in the Middle East and elsewhere, it is unlikely that the natives approved of having foreign interlopers for neighbors or absentee landlords.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro


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