discredit
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To my mind, these wildly inconsistent results are enough to discredit any accusation based on a Pangram analysis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The government denounces attempts to "discredit" Smart Sampa, boasting the city had seen a nearly 15 percent drop in robberies in 2025.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
Anna Sale: When news came out about your tattoo—the skull-and-crossbones design that resembles Nazi imagery—you said it was fed from people researching your background who wanted to discredit you.
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026
They also sought to discredit social media addiction as a concept, while trying to cast doubt on Kaley’s claim to the diagnosis.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
All of us, I suppose, like to believe that in a moral emergency we will behave like the heroes of our youth, bravely and forthrightly, without thought of personal loss or discredit.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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