scoff at
Example Sentences
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You’ve saved a lot — $1.2 million is nothing to scoff at — but you have a lot of life ahead.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
The Russians in Barentsburg scoff at the prospect of war in the Arctic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
Human rights activists here, and independent analysts, scoff at that idea.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025
A smaller part is nothing to scoff at, either.
From Salon • Dec. 3, 2024
When he tries to explain our delicate relationship with the Indians, how we trade and work to keep a fragile peace, they scoff at him.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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