dismiss
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None of this means that consumers should be denied access to emerging tests, or that physicians should dismiss people who ask about them.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Reddington urged the judge to dismiss one holdout juror who he said appeared to be blocking the other 11 from reaching a verdict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
There’s a not-so-subtle message in that genesis myth explaining the compulsion for men to dismiss a woman’s anger, however the Greeks might define it, even if you don’t interpret it as such.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
Wong struck early to dismiss Alice Tector for 11 with assistance from a fine one-handed catch from Capsey, who is deputising for Amy Jones as wicketkeeper and showed promised with the gloves.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Those tales serve a purpose, William, and how dare you dismiss our traditions as superstition? There is a reason they have survived.”
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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He dismisses concerns about its effectiveness, including suggestions that alleviated symptoms could be due to a placebo effect.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Genis, who is a Social Democrat elected to Bern city council, dismisses these arguments as scapegoating.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
He dismisses regulation as a constraint on US competitiveness with China, even as more and more Americans come out angrily against AI and the huge energy-consuming data centers needed to power it.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
For her part Zoe, mature well beyond her tender age, dismisses the hype with a shrug.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
He dismisses Jake, who glances at me, the distress clear in his eyes, and steps out.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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Maresca looked back to last September when goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was dismissed after only five minutes for former side Chelsea at the same venue - a defeat which he referenced after Sunday's game.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Big Short” investor Michael Burry, who has been bearish on the AI trade, dismissed Amodei and Altman’s concerns as “self-serving” and “puffery” ahead of planned initial public offerings.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The US leader has similarly dismissed criticism for accepting a new Air Force One plane gifted by Qatar -- aboard which he arrived in Ireland.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
I got my first inkling of this potential when a colleague dismissed my project idea by saying that I lacked the relevant expertise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Eisenhower had dismissed Kennedy as “that young whippersnapper.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Also worth noting is Yann LeCun, who shared the Turing Award with Hinton and Bengio and has spent years dismissing their warnings of existential danger as overblown.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
“But I’m not dismissing the threat because it is very real.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
The proceedings had barely begun when Bessent mocked Canada’s military, dismissing it with a reference to a decommissioned amusement-park ride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"I remember one guy said, 'I wish I could parachute outta here,'" he chuckles, dismissing it as "locker room talk".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Then the principal came over the loudspeaker, dismissing all the upper grades and telling everyone to go directly to their homes.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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