skipping

/ ˈskɪpɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of jumping over a rope that is held and swung either by the person jumping or by two other people, as a game or for exercise

Example Sentences

“Hillary Clinton did not lose because she was a woman. She lost because she was Hillary Clinton. She didn’t campaign hard enough, skipping Wisconsin and barely visiting Michigan. She got discombobulated about gender …”

From Los Angeles Times

Young viewers are getting information from TikTok, YouTube and Elon Musk’s X, skipping the evening news broadcasts and cable shows as they go without pay TV subscriptions.

From Los Angeles Times

A Malaysian businessman has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for his role in the US Navy's biggest corruption scandal and for skipping a previous sentencing hearing.

From BBC

Harry Brook, Brydon Carse and Gus Atkinson are among the players skipping this series before the pre-Christmas Test tour of New Zealand.

From BBC

By consistently skipping campaign events, Melania trained the public and the media to have such low expectations of her that when she did pop her head out of the sand a few times in these last weeks of the election, it was treated with astonishment.

From Slate

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