shrug off

Example Sentences

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Some investors shrug off the measure, arguing it isn’t very useful to compare the fixed return of a bond with the potentially unlimited upside of a company’s earnings growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Retired couple Christine and Cliff Hill shrug off the complaints of younger generations.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Markets often shrug off geopolitics, and U.S. economic indicators remain strong.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

The stock market has tended to shrug off other military eruptions over the following years, even when share prices fell sharply upon the outbreak of hostilities.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

She could not believe how easy it had been to deny who they were, to shrug off being Igbo.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie