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as in ignored
to fail to give proper attention to
you've overlooked your chores again this week
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as in handled
to be in charge of
you'll be asked to overlook larger projects in the future
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as in possessed
to cast a spell on
the superstitious grandmother actually believed that the baby had been overlooked by a gypsy woman
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as in scanned
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)
quickly overlooked the table of used books to see if there was anything of value
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as in disregarded
to dismiss as of little importance
definitely not the kind of spouse to overlook even a single instance of marital infidelity
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as in managed
to look after and make decisions about
the engineer hired to overlook the construction of the canal
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Recent Examples of overlooked
Judicial contests Georgia Supreme Court races are usually sleepy affairs, so overlooked that no incumbent justice has lost reelection in more than a century.
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Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 18 May 2026
One aspect of the shopping center experience that cannot be overlooked is placemaking.
—Footwear News, 18 May 2026
That transition—often overlooked—can be among the most difficult periods in an athlete’s life.
—Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
For decades, archaeologists had overlooked a small object trapped within another of the plaster casts that had been kept in storage for decades at the archaeological park.
—ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
Or maybe it just got too absorbed in the whole 'cool, multifunctional space' mentality and overlooked basic usability.
—C.c. Weiss
may 17, New Atlas, 17 May 2026
But for as much attention as Jackson will receive, running back Derrick Henry can’t be overlooked, either.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Treatment fatigue, in particular, is often overlooked.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 11 May 2026
By capturing large-scale, longitudinal data, these platforms can illuminate health experiences that traditional research methods have overlooked.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 18 May 2026
One aspect of the shopping center experience that cannot be overlooked is placemaking.
—Footwear News, 18 May 2026
That transition—often overlooked—can be among the most difficult periods in an athlete’s life.
—Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
For decades, archaeologists had overlooked a small object trapped within another of the plaster casts that had been kept in storage for decades at the archaeological park.
—ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
Or maybe it just got too absorbed in the whole 'cool, multifunctional space' mentality and overlooked basic usability.
—C.c. Weiss
may 17, New Atlas, 17 May 2026
But for as much attention as Jackson will receive, running back Derrick Henry can’t be overlooked, either.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Treatment fatigue, in particular, is often overlooked.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 11 May 2026
By capturing large-scale, longitudinal data, these platforms can illuminate health experiences that traditional research methods have overlooked.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlooked
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North Paulding baseball coach Matt Richardson broke tradition on Monday when his team dominated a Georgia powerhouse to make the state championship.—
Jack Leo,
AJC.com,
22 May 2026
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Busch dominated the October 2016 Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 from the pole for the third straight year, leading 150 of 200 laps for his 85th career Xfinity Series win.—
Jeff Rosen,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
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The state dashboard and local improvement plans Brown touted are singled out for criticism in the report, essentially validating concerns that reformers had voiced but were ignored.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
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In an April statement, the union said the company ignored its March 18 letter and several requests by phone, asking to lift the lockout and allow members to return to work while negotiations continue.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Every core operation on Liners, from adding a new product to reviewing quality, to pulling in news and handling comparisons, is handled by a team of nine AI agents.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The series recreates ordinary Soviet life from the period with painstaking detail and spares no one and nothing in its criticisms of what led to the disaster and how it was handled.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
14 May 2026
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Officials said Werstine possessed fraudulent identification documents at the time of his arrest.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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The horror feature draws on a Vietnamese urban legend about a cursed Saigon apartment block from the 1990s, following an estranged young man who returns home to discover his mother is possessed.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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And the code can be scanned from a genuine pack and reprinted a thousand times.—
Padmakumar Nair,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Most visitors opt into having their faces scanned, unaware of the technology.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2026
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Eustis actually had twice as many hits as their Panther counterparts, but Coral Springs Charter pitcher Counrtney Wahlbrink managed to escape multiple innings with timely strikeouts.—
Steve Gorches,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 May 2026
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Starship's Ship 39 upper stage also lost one of its six main engines during ascent, but managed to reach space on the remaining five.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
23 May 2026
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Some are clinically supervised; others position themselves as complementary to Western medicine rather than a replacement for it.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
20 May 2026
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In Europe, Clinique La Prairie in Switzerland has become a flagship for the trend, with weeklong programs supervised by more than 50 specialized doctors and a growing audience of guests in their late thirties and forties focused on prevention.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2026
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The march always enchanted and created a fervent buzz that enveloped the town, driving to them a ready audience.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Investors became enchanted with Anthropic's Claude models, which have been constantly updated with new versions.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
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“Overlooked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlooked. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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