omitting

present participle of omit

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of omitting The former vice president focused on the debates that defined the country's founding and its ramifications on the present-day United States, omitting details about her 2024 presidential race. Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 24 June 2026 Lagrange Numbers as a Measure of Irrationality At the end of the 19th century mathematician Andrey Markov took another pass at this challenge by omitting the golden ratio and focusing on the remaining irrational values. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 June 2026 For a vegan and dairy-free pesto, follow the process above, just omitting the cheese. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2026 Public companies are prohibited by law from misrepresenting or omitting information to investors, which could amount to securities fraud. Jack Ewing, New York Times, 2 June 2026 At first, Iwamasa had lied to police, omitting ketamine from the list of medications Perry was using, and saying nothing about his injections. Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026 Most issues stem from rushing and omitting key info, especially when financial records aren’t clear or coverage doesn’t meet the requirements. Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2026 The children’s books, which largely attribute poverty in Vietnam to its communist government, also simplify history to play up communist aggression in the civil war—while omitting the extensive role that the United States military played in the conflict. H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 7 May 2026 But, the final cut that made it to theaters is instead one that ends in 1988, omitting any mention of the singer's troubling history. Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for omitting
Verb
  • Many businesses focus heavily on improving products while forgetting about the value of responsiveness.
    Dmitriy Schwarzburg, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Never forgetting your past, but also living in the present, and always striving to do more in the future.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Plaintiffs alleged that the event promoters were negligent in failing to secure required permits, not providing adequate security or crowd control and misrepresenting the event as safe for families, according to the statement.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • He was revisited by a vague feeling of physical ineptitude that’d haunted him since childhood; failing to throw the ball properly on sports day at primary school, his father watching.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • 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

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“Omitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omitting. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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