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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
Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2025
Season 9 aired in fall 2023, with the show skipping the fall 2024 primetime schedule.
—Debbie Day, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
George Caulkin, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
Once the skip at the reception area is full, the waste is emptied into the landfill, where it is then covered with inert material to minimise the release of gases or liquids and then compacted.
—Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Do yourself and skip buying fluffy, heavy beach towels during the Amazon Big Spring Sale event.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2025
Season 9 aired in fall 2023, with the show skipping the fall 2024 primetime schedule.
—Debbie Day, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
There was a hop, a skip and a jump-start for Newcastle.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
Once the skip at the reception area is full, the waste is emptied into the landfill, where it is then covered with inert material to minimise the release of gases or liquids and then compacted.
—Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skip
Verb
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Solana Beach Children’s Spring Festival and Egg Hunt Solana Beach’s Children’s Spring Festival & Egg Hunt hops into La Colonia Community Park on Saturday, April 19 at 10:30 a.m.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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The lighthearted post comes just a few days after Cardi hopped on Instagram for a more disheartening reason.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Kane County coroner’s office announced Thursday night that the skeletal remains found inside a car removed this week from the Fox River belong to Karen Schepers, the 23-year-old Elgin woman missing since April 1983.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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Curry has missed the last few games for the Warriors but could be making his return tomorrow.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The ball bounced straight to Altuve, who secured it without issue.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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When Stephanie told her daughter the news, Elena bounced up and down and cried tears of joy.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The commander of the Eastern Theater Command from 2019 to 2022 was He.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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Haugh, a career Air Force leader, was deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command at Fort George G. Meade, Md., until President Joe Biden tapped him to lead the NSA in Feb. 2024.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Get best-in-class reporting that's too important to ignore for just $2.50 $1 per month for 1 year.—
Brenda Stolyar,
Wired News,
6 Apr. 2025
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Though last Friday’s March jobs release was better than expected, with an increase in 228,000 jobs according to the nonfarm payroll report, it was widely ignored as old news due to the tariff implementation.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Can a film festival help a community rebound from a natural disaster?—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2025
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For Shawn, watching his father rebound again and again taught him resilience—and the value of defining success on your own terms.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As someone who was an athlete, a team captain, and a coach and watched sports her whole life, Gaines has incorporated this knowledge into her training to address communications, negotiations, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, team building, and cooperation, among many other things.—
Molly Peck,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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These pilots are the only ones allowed to make the 50-mile transit, with the ship’s captain required to cede control for the complex journey through the isthmus passage.—
Silvana Paternostro Nathalia Angarita,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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While Rice’s ability to punish baseballs landed him a somewhat regular spot in the Yanks’ lineup, his versatility offers a nice bonus to the skipper.—
James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Will Venable appreciated the support following his first win as Sox skipper.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Skip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skip. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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