as in forgetting
to miss the opportunity or obligation
you must not omit mentioning the sources you used in researching your paper
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Recent Examples of omitting
Keynote speaker Frédérique Irwin states that omitting women's history contributes to the gender parity gap.
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Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Adjust the spice level to your preference by omitting or halving the amount of each that the recipe calls for.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
Pickleball wasn’t common before 2014, and database text fields were shorter before 2019, possibly omitting earlier cases.
—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
By omitting the subsidies, the bill effectively raised health care costs for millions of middle-income Americans.
—Christopher Robertson, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
That statistic refers to fixtures in the Premier League and Champions League league phase, omitting the knockout ties against PSV, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
In other internal investigations into public officials, a law firm will conduct research and interviews of staff involved and then present their findings to the board omitting private staff names.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Conversely, the models are generally not rewarded for expressing doubt, omitting dubious details, or requesting clarification.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Adjust the spice level to your preference by omitting or halving the amount of each that the recipe calls for.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
Pickleball wasn’t common before 2014, and database text fields were shorter before 2019, possibly omitting earlier cases.
—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
By omitting the subsidies, the bill effectively raised health care costs for millions of middle-income Americans.
—Christopher Robertson, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
That statistic refers to fixtures in the Premier League and Champions League league phase, omitting the knockout ties against PSV, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
In other internal investigations into public officials, a law firm will conduct research and interviews of staff involved and then present their findings to the board omitting private staff names.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Conversely, the models are generally not rewarded for expressing doubt, omitting dubious details, or requesting clarification.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for omitting
Verb
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No more having to wait for the preheat temperature or worrying about forgetting to set it.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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Much of the offseason ACC hype centered on Wade and NC State — not wrongly so — but are people forgetting about Ryan Odom and Virginia?—
The Athletic College Basketball Staff,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Rams 23, 49ers 20 Lock of the Week Much was made this week about the Bills failing to acquire a wide receiver at the trade deadline and whether that handicaps their Super Bowl chances.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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There was excessive growth of microtubules that wasn’t caused by an increase in gene activity, but likely due to the cells failing to clear away old or misfolded proteins.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Nov. 2025
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Zwerner is suing Parker, who is accused of neglecting to act on concerns the student had a gun in January 2023 at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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An Australian mother admitted neglecting her children so severely that one was hospitalized with lice eggs in her hair and dirt caked on her feet — and later died from cardiac arrest linked to poor nutrition.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Omitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omitting. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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