pretermitting

present participle of pretermit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pretermitting
Verb
  • Simply rake fallen leaves from landscape beds into piles and mow over them on your lawn, chopping them into small pieces by passing over them several times.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
  • There were people that were out at the rideshare as bullets were passing over their head.
    Chantelle Lee, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The next morning, Federline called his lawyer Mark Kaplan to draft a legal letter demanding that Spears stop breastfeeding their children, and Federline left town to promote his record, ignoring her calls and messages.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Signs of sass becoming a problem include growling or snapping, guarding objects, ignoring basic commands persistently, or biting and destroying items.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Consistently disregarding your wellbeing.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Cook’s attorneys said the government was disregarding facts in her case.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Some of them vanish to Florida, and the others spend four straight days in their pajamas eating pizza rolls, playing Minecraft and forgetting how to read.
    Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
  • So, maintaining a certain level of trust, while also being skeptical, and not forgetting to check in with ourselves as well.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Leafs chased the Kraken around the Toronto zone for extended periods, failing to control play as Stolarz tried and mostly excelled in keeping his team in it.
    Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The prince was widely criticized for failing to show empathy for Epstein's victims and for offering unbelievable explanations for his friendship with the disgraced financier.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Pretermitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pretermitting. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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