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as in to miss
to fail to attend
the day was so nice that we decided to skip class and go to the beach
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as in commander
a person in overall command of a ship
the skip's barking orders again
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Recent Examples of skip
Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Subscriptions are flexible, with options to skip, pause, or cancel anytime.
—Erin Bunch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Current market expectations are that the Fed cuts next week, skips October and lowers again in December.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Alcaraz and Sinner both skipped the Canadian Open in August, to the dismay of its organizers.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Subscriptions are flexible, with options to skip, pause, or cancel anytime.
—Erin Bunch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
His voice took a few beats to settle, but in the meantime who wouldn’t be captivated by Martin’s joyful skips, knee bends, winks and grins?
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Current market expectations are that the Fed cuts next week, skips October and lowers again in December.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skip
Verb
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While the cinematic show in front of 70,000 fans went off without a hitch, some fans hopped online afterward to criticize La Flame’s punctuality.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
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Ingberg, 23, drove the sputtering car to Akeley, dropped it off at a mechanic and hopped in Hansen’s squad car for a ride back to his home in Wadena.—
Alex Haddon,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Williams, who for many years was the person on KU’s sideline to race onto the David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium turf to retrieve the tee after kickoffs, from 1970 until 2020 didn’t miss a KU football home game.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
8 Oct. 2025
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The following clips showed Kourtney and Travis making their way through the scare setup, which included actors dressed up as the film's antagonist The Grabber in the character's terrifying mask, along with a van filled with missing posters for members of Kourtney and Travis' family.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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A lot of people bounce through the system because these symptoms are so vague.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Broadcom shares bounced 10% on the news.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Former Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo, who was the on-site commander at Robb Elementary School on the day of the shooting, and former school officer Adrian Gonzales, were charged in June 2024 with multiple counts of child endangerment and abandonment.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
10 Oct. 2025
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Salam Zia, commander of the Houston Police Department's homicide division, said the youngest victim was 20.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Prizegivers have also in the past been accused of being snobbish, of having an anti-American bias and of ignoring some of the giants of literature, including Russia's Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, France's Emile Zola and Ireland's James Joyce.—
Simon Johnson,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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Hoping the broadcasts ignore that will always be a fruitless endeavor.—
Patrick Iversen,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The midfielder received the ball on the left from Lautaro after a few Venezuela rebounds in the area and slotted it into the near post.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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The receivers rebounded in the second half with Small and McAlister each having over 100 yards.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And two, that Bradley represents a test case for a 30-something captain.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Stacy’s husband, Mark, the captain of the 2nd Massachusetts, sipped a gleaming Capri Sun.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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On Tuesday, the Astros handed down their final decision on their second-year skipper, 50-year-old Joe Espada.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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His decade-long run as Atlanta’s skipper was highlighted by the 2021 World Series title.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Skip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skip. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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