How to Use dismiss in a Sentence
dismiss
verb- I don't think we should dismiss the matter lightly.
- The students were dismissed early because of the snowstorm.
- Several employees were recently dismissed.
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Todd’s lawyers, made a motion for the COJ to dismiss the ethics charges.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 16 Sep. 2022
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Dancers dismissed Two dancers were fired in April and May.
—Diana Dasrath, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
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The plans to dismiss the case were first reported by Bloomberg.
—Sarah N. Lynch and Ryan Patrick Jones, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
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In the filings, Samayoa’s attorney, Michael Rains, asks the court to dismiss the charges.
—Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2023
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As part of a plea agreement Thomas entered to in May, eight of the 10 charges against him were dismissed.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2023
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Her lawyer, George Vrabeck, later asked the court to dismiss the case on July 6.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2022
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The club will also bring back dancers who were dismissed last year.
—Natasha Chen, CNN, 16 May 2023
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The judge reviewed the report and dismissed the ticket.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2023
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The judge also dismissed four out of the five of the specific complaints lodged by them.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
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Of the 27 cases that were not dismissed, 26 were resolved by pleas.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 May 2023
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Brooks gave the sides until Friday to file a joint motion to dismiss the case.
—Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2022
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As part of the deal, Norman’s charge of felony bail jumping was dismissed.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 30 Apr. 2023
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Some of the claims aren't likely to withstand a motion to dismiss.
—Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2023
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The judge issued a ruling to nolle the charges against him, meaning they would be dismissed.
—David R. Cameron, Hartford Courant, 31 Dec. 2024
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Yet in a fractured ruling, the Supreme Court ordered the lower courts to dismiss the case.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 4 July 2022
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In its filing, Amazon denies many of the charges and asks for the complaint to be dismissed.
—Haleluya Hadero, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2024
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When a defendant objects to the venue, a judge may dismiss the case.
—Gabriel J. Chin, The Conversation, 21 June 2023
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The case was dismissed with prejudice on Dec. 26, per the 10-K filing.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
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One of the panelists spoke with the station after the jury was dismissed.
—CBS News, 2 June 2023
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The case may then move to a trial, though there is a chance the judge assigned to the case will dismiss Mr. Musk’s efforts to walk away.
—New York Times, 12 July 2022
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Critics had said the WHO was too quick to dismiss the lab leak theory.
—Laura Ungar, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2022
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Navarro asked Mehta to dismiss the charges, but Mehta refused.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2023
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The lockdown was lifted around 2:30 p.m., and the school planned to dismiss students as normal.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
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Curran threatened to pull the lease if Griggs didn’t dismiss the hunters.
—Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022
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The agreement gave him prison time for the manslaughter charge and dismissed the other two counts.
—Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2023
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Many Americans don’t take Trump’s threats to Canada seriously—or seriously enough—and dismiss them with the same exhausted shrug that too many of Trump’s words inspire.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 1 May 2025
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Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter, but his case was dismissed after new evidence came to light that Baldwin’s lawyers alleged had been buried by the prosecutors.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
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