as in to forget
to miss the opportunity or obligation
you must not omit mentioning the sources you used in researching your paper
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Recent Examples of omit
Gisele Bündchen omitted ex-husband Tom Brady in a Father's Day Post shared on June 21.
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Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
22 June 2026
The high school exam board, CBSE, has faced public outrage over an electronic marking system plagued with technical glitches, during which students said answers were wrongly marked or, in some cases, answer sheets were omitted entirely.
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Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
Lagrange Numbers as a Measure of Irrationality At the end of the 19th century mathematician Andrey Markov took another pass at this challenge by omitting the golden ratio and focusing on the remaining irrational values.
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Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
19 June 2026
However, despite the company’s substantial size, it was omitted from the Fortune 500 at the time.
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Cheyann Harris,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
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Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
22 June 2026
The high school exam board, CBSE, has faced public outrage over an electronic marking system plagued with technical glitches, during which students said answers were wrongly marked or, in some cases, answer sheets were omitted entirely.
—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
Lagrange Numbers as a Measure of Irrationality At the end of the 19th century mathematician Andrey Markov took another pass at this challenge by omitting the golden ratio and focusing on the remaining irrational values.
—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
19 June 2026
However, despite the company’s substantial size, it was omitted from the Fortune 500 at the time.
—
Cheyann Harris,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
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Its origins are uncertain, with one tale suggesting that a cook at Manzanillo’s mercado left a pot of pozole over fire and forgot it.
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The biggest transaction of his tenure occurred when Shohei Ohtani left the Angels after six seasons for the Dodgers in late 2023, the Angels failing to trade Ohtani for prospects before Ohtani became a free agent.
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Twice already, in November of 2025 and February of this year, the seven states involved in re-negotiating water rights and use along with the 100-year old treaty kicked the can down the road and failed to come to an agreement on water sharing.
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“Omit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omit. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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