overlooked

Example Sentences

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Infiniti was overlooked at the Oscars for her lead turn in “One Battle After Another,” but Emmy voters did right by her, nominating her formidable work in the sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026

"For a long time... their voices have been ignored, and their needs have been overlooked."

From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026

Rippon, who is Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Neuroimaging at Aston University in Birmingham, wrote The Lost Girls of Autism in 2025 in which she investigates why women have been overlooked for so long.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026

Such discussions contain little in the way of “pure news,” and therefore can be overlooked as you search for what is truly new — and potentially more profitable.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 4, 2026

I couldn’t help but feel like I’d been so busy arguing with twelve-year-old Vera about saving the animals that I overlooked that I could have saved human beings.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King