dismiss
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“We are in expansion, you don’t dismiss that, but folks are very worried,” said Susan Spence, chairman of the ISM survey.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
It would be easy to dismiss Nelson as selfish, or, at the worst and most damning, a bad parent.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
Last week, prosecutors asked Judge Sullivan to reject the motion to dismiss charges against Clancy on the grounds of double jeopardy.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
On her sentence, the court will either dismiss the prosecution's appeal or uphold it and re-sentence her.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
I think about what the old man means and immediately dismiss his words as crazy.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
Oppenheim dismisses the comparison, saying their series isn’t a conventional documentary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Teachout dismisses AI developers’ claims that many of the known problems created by their systems, including hacks of other digital systems, were inadvertent and therefore nobody’s fault.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
She dismisses some research papers on it as "absolutely poor quality".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
"The General Court dismisses all the actions brought by Apple," the Luxembourg-based court said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
He dismisses the corporal with a slight wag of his chin.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
A campaign that started on the last possible day, dismissed by rivals as amateurish and given little chance to succeed against an incumbent with decades of experience and the support of nearly the entire L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
And he similarly dismissed the investment firm’s report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
He also dismissed concerns both about Martinez's commitment, and that of his entire squad.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
China has dismissed the report as "groundless speculation."
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Ere the half-hour ended, five o’clock struck; school was dismissed, and all were gone into the refectory to tea.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
“They’ve spent years dismissing SpaceX as a competitive threat while passing on opportunities that might have worked in their favor,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
He called cost of living the election’s biggest issue and warned his party against dismissing voters’ economic concerns.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
A White House official told CBS that any personnel announcement would come directly from the president, dismissing the reports as speculation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Changes to UK-wide employment law will come in effect on the same date which would make dismissing an employee for refusing to accept contract changes automatically become an unfair dismissal.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
All over Harlem during the hour or so before that, Christian church services were dismissing.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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