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Without the curiosity to note something unusual and the diligence to report it, such phenomena might otherwise pass unnoticed.—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025 Extra funding like this can be a game-changer for a 1099 contractor or sole proprietor, yet the approaching deadline of April 18, 2025, looks poised to pass unnoticed by far too many.—Dean Francis, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 But equivocation in a country that doesn’t care a whit if Shakespeare is still on the syllabus can easily pass unnoticed.—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023 Nonetheless, that did not mean that the episode would pass unnoticed — or fail to be exploited by other nations trying to tilt the world away from U.S. leadership.—Damien Cave, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023 Nonetheless, that did not mean that the episode would pass unnoticed — or fail to be exploited by other nations trying to tilt the world away from American leadership.—Damien Cave, New York Times, 10 June 2023 One military test might pass unnoticed while another causes chaos in the skies.—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2021
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