absentee
Example Sentences
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Absentees were given an opportunity to earn back their credits if they made up missed assignments and resumed regular attendance.
From Washington Times • Sep. 19, 2016
Absentees can arrange to send in their votes by mail.
From Time Magazine Archive
Absentees last week planned campaigns to recapture lost ground beginning June 1.
From Time Magazine Archive
“The Old Gym. A quarter past twelve. Latecomers will receive a week’s detention. Absentees will be expelled. That is all.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Absentees were followed and fined with an almost relentless pertinacity.
From Bygone Church Life in Scotland by Various
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Government by the People, Sections 4–7
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