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disparage

[dih-spar-ij] / dɪˈspær ɪdʒ /


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"The commission is concerned that Sanofi pursued a misleading communication campaign to disparage Fluad by portraying it as inferior to Efluelda, going against national vaccination recommendations in several member states," a commission statement said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

“I took all of his commentary to be very, very careful not to disparage any person on the court or elsewhere,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

USA men's ice hockey player Brady Tkachuk has distanced himself from an AI-enhanced White House video in which he appears to disparage Canadians, saying "those words would never come out of my mouth".

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

It also barred comments that could “defame, disparage or in any way criticize” LAUSD, its employees and leaders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026

“I heard you disparage this fine establishment,” he answered.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Warsh regularly disparages such models and the “economics guild” that developed them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

I would like to point out that the 18th-century world Messinger so disparages also gave us the freedom of religion, freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

First, I would never put my name on a bill that targets, disparages, harms the trans or LGBTQ+ community.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2023

After the story published, Tesfaye posted a clip on Twitter and Instagram in which the character disparages the publication.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023

He feels tenderness toward her when she disparages herself this way.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

And at a White House cage fight, a former first lady was brazenly disparaged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

The Pentagon is beginning to shower money on high-tech defense startups—while also unloading ever-larger sums of cash on the traditional vendors that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has publicly disparaged as slow and bloated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Other research has been disparaged for not using proper quality-control measures.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

Moreover, the tools that America helped build to tackle shared global threats, like international law and multilateral organizations such as the United Nations, have been disparaged and undermined.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2026

“I know you don’t like seeing your girlfriend or whatever disparaged like that, but these guys have been doing this for years. That graffiti was probably from last year or before.”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

An Ohio judge recently ordered both parties to remove social media posts about each other that were considered disparaging.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

And with technology growing as rapidly as it is, it behooves the company’s bottom line to avoid damning and disparaging devices outright.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

According to an official club incident report, Gabbert didn’t realize he was talking to McArthur’s mom and proceeded to make disparaging comments about her daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

She once received a refund after a flight attendant made a disparaging remark about how she was dressed.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026

On an ordinary day, Mrs. Richardson would have opened the door, told Izzy to turn the volume down, made some disparaging comments about how depressing and angry Izzy’s music always seemed to be.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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