as in deletion
something left out
the disk contains a selection of deleted scenes, and a couple of the omissions greatly add to the intelligibility of the movie's plot
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Recent Examples of omission
The omission of Israel is a further indication that Washington does not want to be seen as having endorsed the Israeli action.
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Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2025
The omission invites speculation that the political implications of a borderline or increasing PSA might have played a decisive role.
—Daniel J. Stone, Twin Cities, 4 June 2025
But there was one glaring omission—the AI gave me two arms instead of one.
—Jessica Smith, Time, 6 June 2025
Yet, the omission of Egypt, the home country of the Boulder attacker, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, suggests potential inconsistencies in the policy's application.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2025
The omission invites speculation that the political implications of a borderline or increasing PSA might have played a decisive role.
—Daniel J. Stone, Twin Cities, 4 June 2025
But there was one glaring omission—the AI gave me two arms instead of one.
—Jessica Smith, Time, 6 June 2025
Yet, the omission of Egypt, the home country of the Boulder attacker, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, suggests potential inconsistencies in the policy's application.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for omission
deletion
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The evidence leans toward the account being American, but the deletion leaves some uncertainty.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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By 2016, researchers were specifically editing in deletions of imprinted genes in order to allow the creation of embryos by fusing stem cell lines that only had a single set of chromosomes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2025
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“Omission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omission. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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