Sentence examples for skip standard from inspiring English sources

In this "annus horribilis" for the Spanish royal family, the king has kept himself at arm's length from an influence-peddling case aimed at his son-in-law, Iñaki Urdangarín, who is accused of using a nonprofit foundation to embezzle public money from sporting events and of exploiting his royal background to skip standard bidding procedures.

Skip standard spiked fruit or Jell-O shots and go for something a little more creative.

For Christmas, customers skipped standard champagne, opting either for a top-end bottle or cheaper sparkling wine such as prosecco or New Zealand fizz.

Step Two: Messaging Skip the standard greeting.

5 30 p.m. 1. SUNSET OVER THE CITY Skip the standard guidebook suggestion of catching the Sound and Light Show at Golconda Fort, and head to the Taramati Baradari (Gandipet Road, Ibrahimbagh), the beautiful pavilion not far from the fort that was supposedly built for the favorite mistress of one of the 17th-century Golconda kings.

Lazy government officials in the city of Hangzhou thought they could skip a standard park inspection and instead have one of their aides digitally concoct the scene.

Another technique is to eat micro meals, or basically really healthy snacks, and skip the standard "two big meals" altogether.

Karp was only 20 at that point, but more surprising than his age was that someone who largely skipped the standard socialization process of high school and college would turn out to have such insightful behavioral-design intuition.

Louis-Dreyfus, who won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, skipped the standard thank-yous to address Trump's recent political actions.

Skip seconds, skip dessert, skip, skip, skip to my lou.

Mr. Arévalo offers a worthwhile 65-euro tasting menu that provides an ocean-hopping range through seafood preparations (sushi, sashimi and tartares are the house specialties), but my friend and I opted to skip that menu's standard starters like miso soup and seaweed salad and dive right in with the raw fish, choosing six dishes of our own to share for more or less the same price.