Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pretermit
Verb
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So next time your airline sends you that push notification or reminder email, don’t ignore it.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
9 June 2026 -
But Canaccord Genuity thinks investors should ignore the decline and get into the stock now.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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The city of Aledo is considering ordinances targeting e-bikes and golf carts following numerous complaints from residents that riders are ignoring traffic rules, running stop signs and disregarding pedestrians on sidewalks.—
Mary Ella Hastings
June 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
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Healey, a former two-term attorney general, is completely disregarding public safety by her reckless rhetoric and actions – all to win another election.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
4 June 2026
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Meanwhile, Kyiv, in Kempf’s telling, has been consumed by maximalist aspirations and began negotiating only in 2024, a timeline that notably omits the 2022 talks in Turkey.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
9 June 2026
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What those posts often omitted was that the apparent discrepancy resulted from how the data were displayed.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2026
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Reading from Beloved’s final, stunning page, Namwali and Vinson trace how Morrison imbues meaning on the level of syntax and crafts her words into a story that cannot be forgotten.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Long forgotten – with tools, a mine car and tracks still inside – the entrance was later rediscovered and opened in the 1990s as an attraction and RV park.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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For each of the murders, the four men either lured or abducted and drove the victims to the Angeles National Forest after the victims slighted the gang in different ways, according to the Justice Department.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
5 June 2026
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Romano’s sturdy book may not stint on examples of Mary’s bad behavior—including a ferociously jealous verbal assault, near the end of the war, on the wife of a prominent Union general—but the biographer keeps tilting against those who slighted Mary in even the most superficial ways.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Here, animals serve as vessels for our worst impulses, suffering at the point where curiosity turns to sadism, domination to cruelty, and self-interest to neglect.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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When Hartford is explored mainly as a problem to preserve, policymakers and residents similarly begin to neglect its resources, future, and contributions.—
Kenneth Okeke,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2026
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Eldridge homered for a third straight game, the latest being his fifth home run of the season, but San Francisco fell 5-1 to the Chicago Cubs on Friday evening at Oracle Park, the latest instance of this team failing to carry the momentum from a momentous moment.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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The Washington National Opera is accusing the Kennedy Center of failing to return more than $17 million in donor funds, escalating a dispute that followed the end of a 15-year partnership between the two institutions.—
Rena Rowe,
The Washington Examiner,
12 June 2026
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“Pretermit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pretermit. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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