pretermits

Definition of pretermitsnext
present tense third-person singular of pretermit

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Verb
  • By comparison, Sanders threw 212 passes over the last two months of his rookie season.
    Zac Jackson, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Because the slim ring of fire only passes over Antarctica, many people will need to rely on livestream footage to view it.
    Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • But focusing exclusively on the external threat from Iran ignores the internal threat Netanyahu’s government poses to Israel and its standing as a rule-of-law democracy and unified society.
    Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Calling this anything less than professional education ignores the training, regulation, and expertise the role requires.
    David Kilmnick, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The plan also totally disregards the historical and religious sites in the Strip.
    Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
  • In the letter, Wicker said the facility would not generate economic return, would place significant strain on local resources and disregards the concerns of the community.
    Jack Armstrong, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • First, while these young athletes may be the ones more likely to get involved with gamblers, Mitchell omits the fact that the vast majority of young athletes with this common thread do not get involved with gamblers.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The reassurance that Netflix provided to protect the 45-day window for SVOD critically omits the preceding 30- to 60-day exclusive TVOD window and effectively halves the interval between theatrical release and SVOD for almost all films.
    Joseph M. Singer, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • And if Congress fails to renew these tariffs by roughly August, the bank calculates nominal tariff levels would plummet to the mid-single digits, around 6% to 7%.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Woods fails to notice a ball mark in the line of his 4-foot birdie putt that would have won his third-round match against Nick O’Hern.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • But what such a vision forgets is that democracy is not merely the aggregation of preferences.
    Deb Roy, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Jason’s dessert with the guests threatens to cause more fighting in the galley since Alesia forgets to tell Ben until the very last moment that the captain is supposed to join them.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Pretermits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pretermits. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.

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