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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
EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
No skips here; just play it straight through and then on repeat.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 21 Feb. 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
More than 80 years later, the movie still puts a skip in your step.
—EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
No skips here; just play it straight through and then on repeat.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skip
Verb
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Another tip is to apply the cleansing oil before hopping into a steamy shower to open up the pores.—
Rosa Jisoo Pyo,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
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And when screen time is over, ideally, your little one will hop off the couch inspired to start a creative building project of their own.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Perry was stopped on a two-on-one early in the first period, whereas Brown missed the net on his chance moments into the second.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
The Athletic,
15 Mar. 2025
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Matsuyama came close but fell short by one stroke, missing a birdie on 18 by inches.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 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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But on Thursday, in the minutes before the opener, the manager squatted down behind home plate to receive a pitch from Nelson Cruz. Cruz, who played for the Twins for parts of three seasons between 2019-21, bounced the ball, after which Baldelli embraced his former player.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
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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And the underlying data from 2024 isn’t something to ignore.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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If the connections go widely unacknowledged, that’s only because Hess’s body of work has been unduly ignored by most critics, let alone viewers.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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With the evolution of Deni Avdija, Malone would have a 6'9 playmaker, who can scan the floor, rebound at a high level, and offer scoring in a variety of ways.—
Morten Stig Jensen,
Forbes.com,
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 20 Apr. 2025.
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