BLANKING Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

blanking

verb

present participle of blank

as in ignoring

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The suspect allegedly attempted to flee again by jumping fences and ignoring the officers’ commands to stop, but was apprehended and placed in custody.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026
Sometimes they’re manipulated into ignoring or suppressing their suspicions.

— Juliet Linderman, Fortune, 16 July 2026

Definition of ignoring

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Salgado Araujo, the department added, was shot after disregarding orders and attempting to ram an agent, who fired his weapon in self-defense.

— María Verza, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
For the next several months, Zaayer continued harassing both Shawna's family and the police by shouting at their grandchild, disregarding property lines and recording them and making false claims on social media, per The Guardian.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026

Definition of disregarding

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As Jefferson’s opponents criticized him for sanctioning intervention and neglecting to free the prisoners, his supporters lashed out at the opposing Federalist Party for allegedly orchestrating a rebellion in Spain’s colonies in the first place.

— Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
Chelsea had her probation revoked and was sentenced to jail in October after she was arrested three times in 2024, starting with a September arrest on multiple felony charges, including neglecting a child and possession of methamphetamine.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026

Definition of neglecting

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Celeste was reported missing by family and friends on several occasions, starting in early 2024.

— Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
The pair were first reported missing on Thursday, July 16, but had not actually been seen in person since a week prior on July 9, the RCMP said in its initial news release.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026

Definition of missing

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The center of Super Typhoon Bavi, the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane, was passing over Rota, an island of 2,000 people in the Northern Mariana Islands.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Subtle audio tracks the sound of ice on the move, views of clouds passing over glass-like ice, and there's the eventual memorial for Ok.

— Erika Owen, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2026

Definition of passing over

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His instinctive reaction, tearful after losing another final, was to throw in the towel, to announce his career with Argentina was over at the age of 29, to focus on his club career, which by comparison brought him so much joy and so little anxiety.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 19 July 2026
In his second run for governor, after losing to Pritzker by 13 percentage points in 2022, Bailey is again focusing much of his attention on crime and criticism of the SAFE-T Act, a law Pritzker signed in 2021.

— Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

Definition of losing

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