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
This was omitting a disbursement of an annual fifty pounds, of which he need not speak—the sum he had insisted on paying Mrs. Abbott that she might be able to maintain Wager's children.
From The Whirlpool by George Gissing
