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[dis-mis] / dɪsˈmɪs /




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It can seat four members of Anthropic’s seven-member board, and dismiss them without cause.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

He rejected the government’s motion to dismiss and agreed to hear the case in district court.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Janie and Joey Buss asked a judge on Friday to dismiss Jeanie Buss’ claim the family trust cannot the sell Lakers shares without her consent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

"The Appeal Board nevertheless has broad powers to allow or dismiss the appeal, vary the decision or make any other order it considers appropriate."

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

She could dismiss my preparations if she wanted, but I likened our arrangement to the night I had to fight off a pushy raccoon back on the farm.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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

She dismisses some research papers on it as "absolutely poor quality".

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

"The General Court dismisses all the actions brought by Apple," the Luxembourg-based court said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

Fiechter dismisses this as fearmongering, saying he is "certain that the EU will not allow this to happen", and arguing that the agreements with Switzerland are "entirely in the EU's own interest".

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

He thinks momentarily about calling his father, who would be the only person in town awake at that hour, but dismisses the idea after trying to come up with an explanation to give him.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

Collins denied wrongdoing and dismissed Kao as a “convicted liar.”

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Laura Overdeck didn’t respond before the lawsuit was dismissed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

But in July 2023, the federal district court dismissed his complaint, reasoning that Salazar didn’t count as a “consumer” under the statute because he was only subscribed to a newsletter, “not audio visual content.”

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

Williams, 31, who was part of those squads and captain when England lost 3-0 in the Ashes in 2025, dismissed any idea that baggage could inhibit the group now at head coach Brian McDermott's disposal.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“But yours cannot be dismissed; indeed, my dear dear Handel, it must not be dismissed. I wish you would enter on it now, as far as a few friendly words go, with me.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Kevin Reddington, who is defending Clancy, had asked the judge to enter a not-guilty verdict, essentially dismissing the case after a weeks-long, televised trial that captivated Americans.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Bardella denied that he wrote the messages, dismissing the report as a smear campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Changes to UK-wide employment law will come in effect on the same date which would make dismissing an employee for refusing to accept contract changes automatically become an unfair dismissal.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

“We are not dismissing any of this,” the strategists said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

John's frustrated expression makes me feel guilty for dismissing his help so quickly.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu


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