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as in to skip
to fail to attend
had to miss work for a week because of the flu
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2
as in to misunderstand
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
I think you're missing the point
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3
as in to fail
to be unsuccessful
everyone knows that most of the new television series will miss and be gone before anyone notices
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as in girl
a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
a talented young miss who wants to become a writer
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as in disaster
something that has failed
a television season with far fewer hits than misses
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Recent Examples of miss
Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
But this summer, the rain has been inconsistent and has often missed much of northern and central Arizona.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 July 2025
England would come to rue the miss even more just over five minutes later when Spain took the lead in classic tiki-taka style.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 27 July 2025
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Verb
And keep in mind that most of the teams that have collected high volumes of first-round picks all missed the playoffs for several years in a row, including Houston, the Knicks and Spurs.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
But this summer, the rain has been inconsistent and has often missed much of northern and central Arizona.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
The slider just hasn’t had that last bit of depth for the two-strike miss, where there’s been some balls in play.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 July 2025
England would come to rue the miss even more just over five minutes later when Spain took the lead in classic tiki-taka style.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miss
Verb
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First things first, players can skip the promo code.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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Peter Thiel’s fellowship is offering young entrepreneurs $200,000 to skip or leave college and build their own billion-dollar startups.—
Muskaan Arshad,
Fortune,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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To imagine that demand can outpace supply is to misunderstand how people demand in the first place.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Germany's Bild newspaper reported on Saturday that Witkoff had misunderstood Russia's position on a ceasefire deal, taking Putin's demands for Ukraine to withdraw from Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as an offer for Moscow to pull troops from the two regions.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Crucially, many systems still fail to consider complexities like second marriages, age diversity, regional variation or cross-cultural compatibility.—
Anuradha Gupta,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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And residents who fail to remove water from outdoor receptacles could face fines and the possibility of having their electricity turned off.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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To obtain the copper ore, Resolution, which is owned by multinational companies Rio Tinto and BHP, will use a method known as block cave mining in which tunnels are drilled beneath the ore body, and then collapsed, leaving the ore to be moved to a crushing facility.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Multiple Outer Banks homes have collapsed into the ocean in recent years, including at least three around this time last year from Hurricane Ernesto’s waves.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Field gave a presentation to the startup’s board, self-assuredly outlining his research about the features users loved and which ones flopped.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
1 Aug. 2025
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Rebuilding an executive brand after an ugly headline takes messy phone calls, late-night revisions and the nerve to admit the first dozen remedies flopped in public view.—
Jon Michail,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The state’s newest theory is that Zeigler wore a raincoat while shooting his wife and mother-in-law (who was shot with two different guns) and struggling with his father-in-law — despite the customer having the father-in-law’s blood soaked into his pants.—
Gail Hollenbeck,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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Some team that struggles to hit southpaws will surely want to add him to their lineup.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miss. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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