absentee
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Once all the in-person and absentee mail ballots reach Juneau, election officials will complete their review.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 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
Was it excessive for Jews to buy land, at fair or often inflated prices, from absentee landlords in Beirut and Damascus who were glad to sell malarial swamps?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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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Government by the People, Sections 4–7
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