omit
verb (used with object)
to leave out; fail to include or mention.
was omitting
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past progressiveof omit.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“Although I never lied about who I liked or what I liked, I felt like since I was omitting something very important from the story, I was a fraud,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2018
For some, the biggest gaffe was omitting names of those who died in fighting.
From Reuters ● May 30, 2014
When Brinkema asked Allen whether in writing the letter, he knew he was omitting a material fact that would certainly have raised questions with federal auditors, Allen answered “yes.”
From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 1, 2011
But there still would have been no way for the SEC, without an investigation, to have known that Goldman was omitting any mention of Paulson's involvement.
From Time ● Apr. 22, 2010
Summer, however, found him still in travail with the mullioned window in the north transept; and the mullion and the tracery he was omitting altogether; the bare arch beat him long enough.
From Peccavi by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
