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
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.
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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
Repeat layers twice more, omitting ricotta on the top layer.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 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
And that paper only covered a handful of mainstream theories, omitting the more far-out ideas, like the notion that even a pebble, sunflower, or garden hose may contain a trace of consciousness.
—Stephen Johnson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
The number of offenses reported so far this year (after omitting the most recent week of available data to control for reporting lags) and the percentage change over the same point last year.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025
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
Repeat layers twice more, omitting ricotta on the top layer.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 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
And that paper only covered a handful of mainstream theories, omitting the more far-out ideas, like the notion that even a pebble, sunflower, or garden hose may contain a trace of consciousness.
—Stephen Johnson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
The number of offenses reported so far this year (after omitting the most recent week of available data to control for reporting lags) and the percentage change over the same point last year.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for omitting
Verb
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Zulay Kitchen Sponge Holder Stop forgetting the kitchen sponge in the sink!—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Oct. 2025
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There was no forgetting the notorious Confederate prison camps like Andersonville and Salisbury, the Confederate pogrom at Fort Pillow, and the fact that the South had seceded in the first place to perpetuate and expand an elite-serving economy based on human chattel.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Oct. 2025
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In August, five Northern Virginia school districts were found by the Department of Education to be in violation of Title IX for failing to roll back policies allowing transgender students.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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For Jonah, bottom wasn’t failing out of college and mulling suicide.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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Leaders often overemphasize vision while neglecting those details.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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This includes leaves, acorns, seed pods, twigs, and even fallen branches, unless your neighbor was neglecting a diseased and rotting tree.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Omitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omitting. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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