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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

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

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

With between 430,000 and 480,000 absentee ballots from soldiers and diplomats yet to be counted, it could still take a day or two for the final election results to emerge.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Other states begin distributing absentee ballots throughout September, with all required to send ballots to military and overseas voters by the middle of the month.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 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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