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as in to skip
to fail to attend
had to miss work for a week because of the flu
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2
as in to misunderstand
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
I think you're missing the point
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as in to fail
to be unsuccessful
everyone knows that most of the new television series will miss and be gone before anyone notices
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as in girl
a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
a talented young miss who wants to become a writer
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as in disaster
something that has failed
a television season with far fewer hits than misses
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Recent Examples of miss
Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
His tragedy is what Spielberg missed in Ready Player One.
—Armond White, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025
Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
By segment, semiconductor revenue is expected to be $8.1 billion, a slight miss versus expectations of $8.27 billion.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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Verb
The stakes of missing on a quarterback pick are high, obviously.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
His tragedy is what Spielberg missed in Ready Player One.
—Armond White, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
His dreadful miss aside, the performance against Brighton from the bench showed promise.
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
By segment, semiconductor revenue is expected to be $8.1 billion, a slight miss versus expectations of $8.27 billion.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miss
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But Holmes, 46, switched things up at the ankles, skipping leather boots and sneakers for a pair of white ballet flats worn over black ankle socks.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
12 Jan. 2025
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Nevada also insisted its players would be allowed to skip the contest without facing discipline.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
11 Jan. 2025
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Read More: How Elon Musk Became a Kingmaker Musk misunderstands the AfD.—
Paul Hockenos,
TIME,
9 Jan. 2025
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However, this view misunderstands the great influence these factors have on domestic consumption.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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But the group failed to anticipate how the conflict might end.—
Erika Solomon,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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On the other hand, one failing component could indicate that other parts of the oven will fail soon too.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Jan. 2025
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That are easy to hold during runs, collapse totally flat for travel, and come with straws for sipping?—
Alexis Berger,
SELF,
15 Jan. 2025
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Six months later, his rating had collapsed, to just 40 percent.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
15 Jan. 2025
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If the main trunk of the jade has gotten wildly overgrown and is flopping over under its own weight, lop it off.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Jan. 2025
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Which leads us to Better Man’s bitterest irony: All anecdotal evidence suggests the movie flopped precisely because the Williams-as-mo-cap-chimp conceit was just too highbrow to put butts in seats.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2025
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The spike in egg prices comes on the heels of a slow COVID-19 pandemic recovery, as many restaurants in Southern California continue to struggle.—
Cindy Carcamo,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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The old heavyweights of space launch — the United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, and Europe’s Arianespace — struggled with delays in developing new rockets, and Western sanctions removed Russian rockets as an option.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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“Miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miss. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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