left (out)

verb

Definition of left (out)next
past tense of leave (out)
as in missed out

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  1. excluded
  2. omitted
  3. prevented
  4. prohibited
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  • When the employer contribution is excluded, the lifetime benefits amount to roughly 265% of what the worker personally paid into Social Security.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • But lawmakers offered little explanation during a June 30 hearing for why those particular offenses were excluded.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of excluded
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  • Meanwhile, Gabriel Martinelli was omitted from the matchday squad, which must have been tough for the Brazilian.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • For the first time since 2019, more students reported standardized test scores on their applications than omitted them.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of omitted
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  • Reuters published an interview with Sinan Can Demir, a Texas computer science student who in late July prevented a rogue version of Anthropic’s Mythos model from uploading malicious code to an open-source software project on Github.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • ProPublica went further, enlisting the help of experts to determine which of those deaths could have been prevented.
    — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of prevented
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  • She was ordered to surrender her police identification, keys, weapon, and radio, and was prohibited from entering department property without the chief’s permission.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Cameras are allowed only to capture relevant information for the violation and are prohibited from continuous recording.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026
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“Left (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/left%20%28out%29. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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