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Recent Examples of dismiss Advocates of such legislation argue that these changes could improve access to care and reduce the risk that menopause symptoms will be dismissed by providers. Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 11 July 2025 From dismissing others’ ideas to blatant self-promotion at networking events, being overly assertive can erode trust, hinder connection and stall business growth. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025 The grievance was dismissed after an internal investigation, a decision upheld on appeal. Luke Smith, New York Times, 10 July 2025 Weeks after the lawsuit was filed, Denver asked the court to dismiss it. Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for dismiss
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismiss
Verb
  • As of Tuesday, the agency will no longer require passengers who move through TSA checkpoints to remove their shoes.
    Alain Sherter, CBS News, 8 July 2025
  • Also, passengers 75 years and older did not need to remove their shoes during the security process.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • Cunningham, Sheldon and Sun guard Lindsay Allen were ejected from the game with about 40 seconds left before the Fever took home the victory.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
  • The screw-on lids can forcefully eject upon opening if food, carbonated beverages or perishable drinks like juice or milk have been stored in the bottle over time.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • These workshops taught cognitive skills aimed at maximizing the strengths and minimizing the weaknesses typically associated with their specific most strongly outlying trait.
    Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 7 July 2025
  • That's why ignoring minor misbehavior (as long as no one is being harmed) and praising positive choices is one of the most effective ways to manage and minimize attention-seeking behaviors.1 2.
    Amy Morin, Parents, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • At least one department, the Department of Veterans Affairs, has massively scaled back a plan to sack more than 76,000 employees.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 10 July 2025
  • On a stroll through New York City yesterday, Hathaway’s outfit offered a fun solution for not sacking off your denim in the high summer heat just yet.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • Media outlets subsequently outed him as gay, which led to mental health difficulties and harassment of Sipple's family.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • Bezos and de Becker's claims came in response to a story by The National Enquirer that shared personal text messages between Sánchez and Bezos, outing their relationship.
    Alexia Fernández, People.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • The best wrinkle creams on Amazon prove that drugstore prices don't diminish efficacy.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 8 July 2025
  • Incentives for the best and brightest foreign science students to come to the U.S. are diminishing at the same time its competitors are increasing their efforts to attract the strongest STEM researchers.
    Marc Zimmer, The Conversation, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • Rucker played his entire nine-season NFL career with the Panthers before retiring in 2008.
    Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2025
  • For Gen Z, that might mean skipping the $28 lunch today—and retiring with $800,000 tomorrow.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Vera, the daughter of a Russian father and Korean mother, may be banished to second-class citizenry.
    Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
  • During those frenzied years in the 1960s and 1970s, authorities banished Xi from the capital and subjected him to solitary confinement and physical abuse.
    JOSEPH TORIGIAN, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025

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