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patronizing

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verb

present participle of patronize

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Again, that’s a ridiculous and patronizing thing to say to Rick Grimes. Leah Marilla Thomas, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2024 Bush could have stuck to platitudes about the promotion of peace, democracy, and self-determination and omitted the patronizing warning about civil conflict. Alexander Vindman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2022 And this kind of thinking is just so narrow-minded and patronizing. Shadi Hamid, Washington Post, 25 July 2024 The United States’ policy toward Latin America remains stuck in the past, too slow to deliver for a region that is in dire social and economic straits and often too patronizing for a region that is also less dependent on the United States, largely because of China’s expanding footprint. Michael Shifter, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2022 See all Example Sentences for patronizing 

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