as in traversed
to make one's way through, across, or over
passed over two bridges
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as in ignored
to fail to give proper attention to
you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice
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as in overlooked
to dismiss as of little importance
I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before
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Recent Examples of passed (over)
Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
The rule offers a real pathway for films passed over by their own countries’ submission committees.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 1 May 2026
Kansas City was passed over for WNBA expansion last year.
—Pj Green
april 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
However, Los Angeles was passed over.
—City News Service, Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
O’Neill was passed over in 2024 to run Nike (Elliott Hill came out of retirement for the gig) after a quarter century at the sneaker maker.
—Shelly Banjo, semafor.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Just a few minutes into the game, a free kick from roughly 30 yards back passed over the fingers of Marshallese team keeper Matt Perrella.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 21 Apr. 2026
He was passed over again earlier this year but still fired back at a fan who claimed one of his contemporaries was the better quarterback.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
The result is a cycle in which candidates meet educational requirements but are repeatedly passed over for lacking hands-on experience.
—Alyssa Ferro-Lloret, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
Decadent art, with its mannerism, also its enthusiasm for skulls, swords, strippers, and other Hot Topic motifs, is for some art historians an embarrassing cul-de-sac best passed over in favor of a narrative of formal progress leading inevitably to abstraction.
—Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
The rule offers a real pathway for films passed over by their own countries’ submission committees.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 1 May 2026
Kansas City was passed over for WNBA expansion last year.
—Pj Green
april 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
However, Los Angeles was passed over.
—City News Service, Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
O’Neill was passed over in 2024 to run Nike (Elliott Hill came out of retirement for the gig) after a quarter century at the sneaker maker.
—Shelly Banjo, semafor.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Just a few minutes into the game, a free kick from roughly 30 yards back passed over the fingers of Marshallese team keeper Matt Perrella.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 21 Apr. 2026
He was passed over again earlier this year but still fired back at a fan who claimed one of his contemporaries was the better quarterback.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
The result is a cycle in which candidates meet educational requirements but are repeatedly passed over for lacking hands-on experience.
—Alyssa Ferro-Lloret, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Passed (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passed%20%28over%29. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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