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
Last month, Superior Court Judge Gassia Apkarian found that the ads violated California’s false advertising law by disseminating public statements about the disposal of property — specifically vehicle donations — that were misleading by omission.
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Francie Ebert, NBC news, 6 June 2026
The result has been smaller classes, independent of factors that made Bill Belichick an omission this year.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Still, the omissions are striking as social media influencers, Letterboxd users, YouTube critics, true crime obsessives, and more power players in eventizing contemporary nightmares go unscathed.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 June 2026
The most obvious omissions range from a whole sister named Janet to his musical mentor and producer Quincy Jones' entire personality.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 3 June 2026
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Francie Ebert, NBC news, 6 June 2026
The result has been smaller classes, independent of factors that made Bill Belichick an omission this year.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Still, the omissions are striking as social media influencers, Letterboxd users, YouTube critics, true crime obsessives, and more power players in eventizing contemporary nightmares go unscathed.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 June 2026
The most obvious omissions range from a whole sister named Janet to his musical mentor and producer Quincy Jones' entire personality.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for omission
deletion
Noun
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The embryos Egli’s team edited had no chromosomal abnormalities or large deletions and few small changes, according to the preprint.—
Laura Dattaro,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
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When errors occur the deletion can be reversed and the counter incremented.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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“Omission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omission. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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