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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
Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
Airlines typically allow parents with children under the age of 2 to skip the expense of buying their babies a seat and instead opt to travel with them in their laps for the duration of the flight.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
Take a hop and a skip outside the USA and find yourself in British Columbia at Whistler Blackcomb.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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Verb
But skipping your federal filing can be costly, experts say.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
Airlines typically allow parents with children under the age of 2 to skip the expense of buying their babies a seat and instead opt to travel with them in their laps for the duration of the flight.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
One button press plays and pauses audio, a double-press skips to the next song, a triple-press skips back to the previous track, and a long-press activates your voice assistant.
—PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
Take a hop and a skip outside the USA and find yourself in British Columbia at Whistler Blackcomb.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skip
Verb
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Cozens quickly hopped on a flight and arrived in Ottawa by 9 p.m. ET Friday.—
Julian McKenzie,
The Athletic,
9 Mar. 2025
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Carriacou also has an impressive lineup of events throughout the year, including its own Carnival celebration every February and a famed regatta, giving travelers plenty of reasons to hop on the ferry or flight from Grenada. Petite Martinique The island of Petite Martinique is, indeed, petite.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Jalen Suggs last played for the Orlando Magic on Jan. 25 and has missed 15 games.—
Stan Son,
The Athletic,
5 Mar. 2025
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The backstop, who missed two months after pulling an oblique muscle on Opening Day last year, is virtually certain to open 2025 on the injured list.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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On June 20, 2024, the plane made a hard landing just short of a runway in McAlester, Oklahoma, before bouncing several times, causing the left main landing gear's tires to burst.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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He’s bounced from Long Island to Vancouver to Chicago to Nashville to the Penguins in the past three seasons.—
Chris Johnston,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Smith said he was made aware of the plan during a meeting with the commander of U.S. Northern Command, Gen. Gregory M. Guillot.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
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Special ops commanders say America is struggling to keep up with adversaries in the technological field Rear Adm. Milton Sands III, Maj. Gen. Peter Huntley, Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga and Lt. Gen. Michael Conley urged Congress to take action to help U.S. troops advance.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But in the 1990s, when social practice art was gaining traction within European museums (especially in the United Kingdom), most Latin American institutions were ignoring that development, which remained limited to underground networks.—
Fabiola Iza,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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And no, not because Disney is ignoring him or passing him over.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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On top of her rebounding, Strong leads the Huskies in both steals (2.4) and blocks (1.5) per game while averaging 3.4 assists and shooting 58.4% from the field.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
5 Mar. 2025
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The question is: will television ever rebound to those halcyon Powerberry days?—
Alex Levy,
IndieWire,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Mary, too, served in the Army from 2016 to 2020, also leaving as a captain.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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Our senior captain Fernando Torres, had a good scoring chance but we were called offsides and Zeke Munoz hit a screamer from 30 yards out that hit the post and ricocheted out.—
Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Indian skipper eventually succumbed to Connolly who showed great character after his difficult batting effort.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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The skipper isn’t necessarily planning to flip-flop the two outfielders’ positions during games this spring.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Skip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skip. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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