disparagement
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He notes without disparagement that football is conservative and masculine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Similarly, Clark said, an attorney could try to nullify an old agreement using a 2023 decision from the National Labor Relations Board that related to disparagement clauses in severance agreements.
From Slate • Oct. 23, 2024
Attorneys for Mr Baldwin filed to dismiss the case earlier this month, accusing prosecutors of "unethical disparagement" and of "violating nearly every rule in the book" to secure a grand jury indictment against the actor.
From BBC • May 24, 2024
Sydney Sweeney’s team fired back at Hollywood producer Carol Baum for her “shameful” disparagement of the actor, calling Baum out for not supporting a fellow female producer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024
As befit the man who had challenged Ernest Rutherford’s disparagement of atomic power as “moonshine” back in 1933, Ernest Lawrence’s first instinct was to take the news of fission as vindication.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing disparagement
Romeo and Juliet
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