dismissed

Example Sentences

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Before returning to Louisiana, Landry dismissed the idea that Greenlanders should be wary of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Those words might have drowned out the vociferous objections of Banka, who in October sounded baffled when he dismissed the Enhanced Games as a “ridiculous idea.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Southampton's appeal against the punishment on the grounds that it was "disproportionate" was dismissed on Wednesday evening.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Rita Yip, also representing the employers' groups, dismissed the union arguments as "inflammatory and alarmist".

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Or take Thomas Browne, who dismissed the garlic/magnet antipathy as ‘certainly false’ in 1646.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton