leaving (out)

present participle of leave (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaving (out)
Verb
  • Russia's air force combat fleet stood at more than 1,000, excluding 57 Tu-22M, 47 Tu-95, and 15 Tu-160 strategic bombers.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Church & Dwight — The baking soda and toothpaste maker rose 7% after third-quarter earnings per share excluding one-time items of 81 cents per share beat analysts’ consensus estimate of 74 cents, according to FactSet.
    Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Pickleball wasn’t common before 2014, and database text fields were shorter before 2019, possibly omitting earlier cases.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In 2018, the Texas secretary of state issued a statewide advisory after reports that Hart’s eSlate voting machines were changing voters’ straight-ticket selections or omitting certain races altogether during early voting.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Through several administrations, the filibuster has been weaponized on both sides, preventing the governing party from passing key legislations—including blocking civil rights legislation.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Since then, they've been forced to work remotely — at a time when the government was doling out return-to-office mandates — preventing access to labs and crippling the center's mission of embedding NASA climate scientists within international academia.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Leaving (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaving%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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