dismiss
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He appeared to dismiss the legal action, praising the officers deployed to Minneapolis and saying "people do lawsuits all the time".
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
It’s easy to dismiss “The Devils” as a rerelease geared toward older cinephiles.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
If you can afford to pay off the mortgage without leaving yourselves short of an adequate emergency reserve, I wouldn’t dismiss that choice completely just because it isn’t mathematically optimal on paper.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
He rejected the government’s motion to dismiss and agreed to hear the case in district court.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
“Do you mean,” she asked, “that we have now given you what aid you require? and that we may dismiss you to the moor and the rainy night?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Oppenheim dismisses the comparison, saying their series isn’t a conventional documentary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Teachout dismisses AI developers’ claims that many of the known problems created by their systems, including hacks of other digital systems, were inadvertent and therefore nobody’s fault.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Ms. Fritz dismisses speculation that the two fell into each other’s arms on this sunny, romantic-sounding holiday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
"It's harder to be young now," says Fonagy, 74, adding his review "dismisses the idea of a snowflake generation".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
With that, Kendra dismisses us back to our dorms.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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Walmart, McDonald’s and other companies have dismissed concerns that they are raising prices based on who is buying or sudden need.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Their case was initially dismissed, but in 2023 a federal appeals court ruled they were entitled to a trial.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Milton Keynes has often been dismissed as somewhere not worth pulling off the M1 for, frequently by people who have no plans on visiting in the first place.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
The symbolism of that globe and what it meant completely escapes them, just as Eisenhower’s legacy has been dismissed by them wholesale.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
All I knew was that I had been summoned after I thought I had already been dismissed.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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But Mulder offered little after his new-ball spells and Marco Jansen was quiet after dismissing Nic Maddinson and Steve Smith on day one.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
These realities don’t map to every experience yet following the NPC slander to its logical conclusion can be dangerous: declaring that a person’s alleged lack of inner thinking is justification for dismissing their humanity.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
“They’ve spent years dismissing SpaceX as a competitive threat while passing on opportunities that might have worked in their favor,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
He wants the judge to enter a not-guilty verdict, essentially dismissing the case after a weeks-long, televised trial that has captivated Americans.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
She walked from the room without dismissing me.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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