derided
Example Sentences
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The vote was widely derided by democracy monitors abroad, but China supports it as recreating a semblance of normality, analysts say.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Mr. Beck derided the “Douglas Factors” that ensure consideration is given on adverse actions that discipline is afforded commensurate with the actions of each employee and not done with disparate influence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Many on Wall Street have long derided the retail crowd as “dumb money” — a reputation largely earned during the dot-com bubble, and reinforced during the 2021 meme-stock frenzy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Critics and sceptics derided the DUP leader as issuing a hollow warning, but he followed through on the threat six months later.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Galton may have derided the “microscope” of experimental geneticists, but the tool was far more powerful than Galton had presumed, for it could penetrate the outer shell of heredity into the mechanism itself.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
