SLURRED (OVER) Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

slurred (over)

verb

past tense of slur (over)

as in ignored

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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Our guide to the warning signs of identity theft explains other clues that should not be ignored.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Hughes said that what union members and retirees want is to be heard after feeling ignored by politicians.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

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Every one of those steps is a task, and a lot of that work runs on CPUs, the chips everyone forgot about in the AI conversation.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
At the time, Consuelos, who’s been married to Ripa since 1996, even forgot who his wife and daytime TV co-host was.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2026

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If Waldron’s future role at Goldman Sachs appears to be a near certainty, that’s not the case for the rest of the bank’s C-suite, especially if several top executives depart after being passed over.

— Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
The Speaker claims that the House has passed over 900 pieces of legislation, 700 of which remain stuck in the Senate.

— Don Wolfensberger, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of passed over

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