as in to ignore
to fail to give proper attention to
a documentary that slurs over certain important facts as it offers a very biased case for a conspiracy theory
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What can also be said with certainty, however, is that — even ignoring, for one moment, the events that brought him to Chelmsford crown court in Essex, east of London — this is a story of what might have been.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
6 June 2025 -
Titles were a foregone conclusion with two of the league’s three or four best players and the financial might to ignore the luxury tax.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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It’s designed to combat re-arrest and re-incarceration after imprisonment—known as recidivism, create jobs and build dignity for those the system tries to forget.—
Kizzy Cox,
Essence,
4 June 2025
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Demings will likely never forget that night, nor the weeks and months that followed.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 June 2025
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What To Know Ames brought her discrimination claim against the Ohio Youth Department after she was passed over for promotion in favor of a lesbian woman and then demoted under a gay man.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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The third session was similar to my second in that Francis applied the PFD patch, increased the wavelength, and passed over my tattoo multiple times.—
Marie Lodi,
Allure,
1 June 2025
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“Slur (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slur%20%28over%29. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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