pooh-pooh
Example Sentences
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One might pooh-pooh the rise of the nine-figure donor and say it doesn’t matter.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2025
Try as the studios might to pooh-pooh the possibility of artificial intelligence taking over work formerly done by writers and actors, their own high-level AI-related job postings give them away.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023
While some people may pooh-pooh such products, items such as bottarga or even baccala are genuinely cherished in fine dining and Italian-American circles, respectively.
From Salon • May 12, 2023
That’s not to pooh-pooh the power of those two states.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2022
My grandfather is stunned into a momentary silence, then says, “Einstein published a long time ago, too. Are you gonna pooh-pooh him?”
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
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