disparagement
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Certain established giants—Stephen Crane and Theodore Dreiser among them—earn Fiedler’s disparagement, usually for overemphasizing realism.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The U.S. president himself has lauded Sheinbaum as a “marvelous woman,” a stark contrast to his habitual disparagement of other world leaders, notably former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025
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
By disparagement, by starvation, by repressions, forced direction, and the stunning hammerblows of conditioning, the free, roving mind is being pursued, roped, blunted, drugged.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing disparagement
Romeo and Juliet
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