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denigrate

[den-i-grayt] / ˈdɛn ɪˌgreɪt /


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Altman’s November 2019 email also told the board that Dario agreed “not to denigrate projects he doesn’t believe in that others want to bet on.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

After a week of hearing various US officials denigrate Europe, its leaders and its regulations at Davos, ECB chief Christine Lagarde said Friday that the harsh words could be just what the continent needed.

From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026

The panel found Mr Lawler was entitled to hold his own beliefs, but the newsletters were "not just advancing strongly held opinions" but were "attacks" on positions that Mr Lawler "sought to denigrate".

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

Netflix didn’t just become HBO—it won HBO, and will now denigrate the quality of that house in the process while swallowing up another formidable competitor.

From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2025

Inventors thereby have a financial incentive to denigrate or ignore previous work.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

A spokesperson for the ASA said: "We've received a complaint about a Nationwide ad. The complainant argues that the ad is misleading around other banks closing branches, and discredits and denigrates its competitors."

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2024

“It denigrates the millions of victims of the Shoah in a despicable manner,” the council’s president, Josef Schuster, said, using the Hebrew name for the Holocaust.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2023

“I think anything that denigrates other people, I have to respectfully decline,” she said.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

It also means being aware of language that may seem neutral but subtly devalues or denigrates people.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2021

But he denigrates the state’s landmark California Environmental Quality Act by citing how it interferes with the addition of bike lanes on public roads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2021

“Classical architecture is often denigrated by cultural elites,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

“We need to recognize that there were individuals here that were denigrated and that an apology is due to them.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024

He compared Badenoch's approach to that of her predecessor, Rishi Sunak - the UK's first prime minister of Indian heritage - as "a brilliant young man" who "never denigrated his nation of ancestry".

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024

By the mid-20th-century, however, leading behavioral theorists denigrated the idea of studying animal emotions since, even if they existed, they were scientifically unmeasurable and unverifiable.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024

I know my parents had their reasons to raise us without religion, but it still upsets me to hear my grandmother's peaceful beliefs denigrated.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

“Poverty and deprivation are no reflection on character, and there is no justification for denigrating the character of Haitians who suffer from and bear no responsibility for their country’s ills,” Justice Alito writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

In the lead up to the Super Bowl, boosters of traditional sportsbooks have been denigrating prediction markets.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

“It is likely that a very unhappy human came up with the idea of denigrating the holiday experience, even if AI was used to create part of the ad.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

Earlier this year, Kelly — for what must be the first time — tried to promote positivity toward women without directly denigrating anyone else in the process.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2025

“You’ll learn, young brotha. You’ll learn. The Europeans succeeded in denigrating and enslaving peoples of African descent, but there’s royal blood flowing through your veins, you hear me?”

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone




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