PRETERMITTING Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

pretermitting

verb

present participle of pretermit

as in passing over

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The center of Super Typhoon Bavi, the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane, was passing over Rota, an island of 2,000 people in the Northern Mariana Islands.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Subtle audio tracks the sound of ice on the move, views of clouds passing over glass-like ice, and there's the eventual memorial for Ok.

— Erika Owen, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2026

Definition of passing over

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Goldberg said lawmakers should have stood up for students instead of ignoring the constitutional requirement.

— Charlie Borla, Oc Register, 9 July 2026
Iranian state television said the tanker came under attack after ignoring warnings but did not directly claim the assault.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of ignoring

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For the next several months, Zaayer continued harassing both Shawna's family and the police by shouting at their grandchild, disregarding property lines and recording them and making false claims on social media, per The Guardian.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
From Montesquieu’s perspective, polarization worsens this appetite for disregarding constitutional norms.

— Robert A. Ballingall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Definition of disregarding

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The former vice president focused on the debates that defined the country's founding and its ramifications on the present-day United States, omitting details about her 2024 presidential race.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 24 June 2026
Lagrange Numbers as a Measure of Irrationality At the end of the 19th century mathematician Andrey Markov took another pass at this challenge by omitting the golden ratio and focusing on the remaining irrational values.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 June 2026

Definition of omitting

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But Alito’s stance against birthright citizenship goes beyond just forgetting his roots.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
For any leader overseeing transformational change, the challenge is figuring out how to fix one part of the company without forgetting about the other parts.

— Tracy Nolan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of forgetting

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The blue deluge within the party swept more moderate Democrat Mills from the race in April before the first ballot was cast, but now centrist figures of her ilk cast blame on progressives for failing to heed Platner's problems.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 9 July 2026
His approach has drawn criticism from some Sikh groups, who accuse Ottawa of failing to hold India accountable or safeguard Sikh Canadians from foreign interference and transnational repression.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

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