skipping
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Can you compensate for skipping exercise this week by doing extra workouts the week before?
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
Kuku wants to reach the millions of Indians who moved directly from television sets to smartphones for entertainment, skipping personal computers in between.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
When he noticed people were taking the soap and skipping the sermon, he printed his beliefs on the label—30,000 words of ecstatic philosophy wedged alongside boasts about the product’s many uses: Tooth cleaning!
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The bottom two rungs in the E-shaped economy have significantly cut their discretionary spending — with some even skipping meals, as McDonald’s highlighted in its latest earnings report.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Sergio didn’t hesitate—the New York City dispatch wouldn’t care if one twelve-year-old boy was skipping school, anyway.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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