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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
Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
The Ice Age Trail Alliance's Mammoth Hike Challenge encourages people to hike, walk, run, backpack — or even saunter or skip, the alliance's website says — 45 miles of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail and visit three Ice Age Trail communities during October.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
With time skips and eerie supernatural occurrences, this show continues to be a fan favorite for a reason.
—Taylor Grothe, Parents, 20 Aug. 2025
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Verb
In a recent survey by Regal, audiences cited lack of awareness as their main reason for having skipped a particular film.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
The Ice Age Trail Alliance's Mammoth Hike Challenge encourages people to hike, walk, run, backpack — or even saunter or skip, the alliance's website says — 45 miles of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail and visit three Ice Age Trail communities during October.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
All three are on top of their game — not a skip in the bunch.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
With time skips and eerie supernatural occurrences, this show continues to be a fan favorite for a reason.
—Taylor Grothe, Parents, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skip
Verb
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But there is also a far more practical reason for doing something as crazy as bunny hopping up the Eiffel Tower.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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One option is to hop on a seaplane—many guests staying at luxury resorts will arrive this way.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
5 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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Sasaki needed two pitches to get the final out, as Tommy Edman fired a bouncing throw that Freeman had to sprawl to grab to close out the night.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The score would have given Arizona a 21-point lead late in the game, but instead the ball bounced out of the back of the end zone, resulting in a touchback and a turnover.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Her commander called her the best battalion officer in the brigade.—
Arman Khan,
Them.,
3 Oct. 2025
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It’s command structure also transcends traditional nation-state borders by integrating Iranian, Lebanese and Iraqi commanders.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The collapse of water security in Iran has been decades in the making and is rooted in a mania for megaprojects—dam building, deep wells, and water transfer schemes—that ignored the fundamentals of hydrology and ecological balance.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Pierre LeBrun’s viewpoint Arpon, no doubt the Hughes contract injects a fresh comparable into the discussion that neither the Canadiens nor the Hutson camp can ignore, though using comparables always seems to be in the eye of the beholder.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This sport is littered with clubs that have hit their nadirs and rebounded all within the timeframe of the Angels’ last winning record, the Detroit Tigers, Miami Marlins, Baltimore Orioles, Arizona Diamondbacks and many more.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Freeport-McMoRan is likely to rebound from an environmental disaster last month at its giant Grasberg mine in Indonesia that led the copper and gold producer to cut its production estimates, according to UBS.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
3 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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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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Some pumpkins veer off course and soak their skippers in the pond’s fountain.—
Marcus Smith,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Skip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skip. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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