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omission
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  • Jack had meant to leave him in doubt, as an assertion of power; but Piggy by advertising his omission made more cruelty necessary.  (source)
    omission = being left out
  • "Finished," he said, speaking with that omission of syntax stupid people employ when talking to drunken people or foreigners.  (source)
    omission = leaving out (something that should have been included)
  • Instead, I just made a mental note of each omission, and as Mr. Ciders began to recount the circumstances of Halliday's childhood, I once again tried to glean whatever secrets I could from the strange way Halliday had lived his life, and from the odd clues about himself he'd chosen to leave behind.†  (source)
    omission = something left out that should have been included
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  • Even Lon was ignored, and though both of them noticed the omission, neither mentioned it.†  (source)
    omission = something left out that should have been included
  • 'My response is being written with ink and paper in the glorious tradition of our ancestors and then transcribed by Ms. Vliegenthart into a series of 1s and 0s to travel through the insipid web which has lately ensnared our species, so I apologize for any errors or omissions that may result.†  (source)
  • The omission felt like the tablet itself stuck in my throat.†  (source)
  • Paul sat reflectively for a moment, re-read the last line (mentally filling in the omissions), and then simply went back to work.†  (source)
  • I rationalized the omission: There was no point getting all worked up about a kiss.†  (source)
  • But Mobutu was just getting organized in '61, and still given to peculiar omissions.†  (source)
  • Except by omission, she didn't even have to lie.†  (source)
  • Every other day these omissions are easy—easier, at least—to ignore.†  (source)
  • Mae still couldn't retrieve the artist's name and felt the omission was about to be noticed.†  (source)
  • I hope readers will forgive any omissions.†  (source)
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