OMIT Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

omit

verb

ō-ˈmit

Definition of omit

as in to forget

to miss the opportunity or obligation you must not omit mentioning the sources you used in researching your paper

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Recent Examples of omit During the Vancouver concert, Greep shared his version of events, which omitted any specific details about the night. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026 States with top two or top four primaries that allow candidates from both parties to compete in the same primary election, such as Alaska, California and Washington, were omitted from this analysis. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Renault’s structural cell-to-pack engineering mitigates this by omitting internal packaging, slipping more power directly into the vehicle floor. — New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026 Despite telling police definitively that she had been raped, the report Ithaca police sent to the district attorney omitted this language. — Kaitlyn M. Sims, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for omit

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Never forget that Harkness was once a CIA operative and perhaps served a higher calling before creating his own mercenary network and taking jobs for monied sleazebags like Cantor.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Fire comes where there’s no water, but everyone forgets that.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026

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Because Tesla’s bylaws count abstentions as votes against, the measure failed, Bloomberg reported.

— Heather Occhino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
In its ruling, the court said the parent group had failed to show Asian American students were harmed, because they were still being admitted at higher rates than the applicant pool.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

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