absentee
[ab-suh n-tee]
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Origin of absentee
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Contemporary Examples
The ground game in Iowa has traditionally revolved around an absentee ballot program.
An absentee father is loitering about with his son and namesake, Mason Jr., at a deserted concert hall.
The Making of ‘Boyhood’: Richard Linklater’s 12-Year Journey to Create An American MasterpieceMarlow Stern
July 10, 2014
Ware went to court claiming a number of irregularities, including issues with hundreds of absentee ballots.
Perry said most of the absentee ballots questioned in the mayoral race had six or seven different issues.
Some statistics–disproportionate rates of school suspension, incarceration, and absentee dads–are gloomy.
Historical Examples
Absentee ownership is at the bottom of the trouble in either case.
The Railroad QuestionWilliam Larrabee
A year went over their heads, and yet another, but no news of the absentee.
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other TalesArthur Conan Doyle
Twenty had changed to fifteen and fifteen to ten, but there was no news of the absentee.
A Study In ScarletArthur Conan Doyle
The problem of absentee landlordism was exciting Ireland in these years.
The New NationFrederic L. Paxson
He was invited to become an absentee at his earliest convenience.
Crooked Trails and StraightWilliam MacLeod Raine
absentee
- a person who is absent
- (as modifier)an absentee voter
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Word Origin and History for absentee
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