as in to ignore
to dismiss as of little importance
brushed off their complaints as the whining of people who were never satisfied
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brush (aside or off)
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Red, white and blue and Venezuela’s yellow, blue and red filled the stadium -- as did the political overtones the WBC could not ignore.—
Greg Cote
Updated March 17,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2026 -
But when platitudes aren’t backed by action, the disparity between branding and behavior becomes impossible to ignore.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Mar. 2026
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Give me raiders of the lost past, any day, and forgive them their lack of footnotes.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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Overcoming scandal, moving forward Crisis management experts told The Denver Post that while the public is usually willing to forgive and forget scandals if those involved do a good job communicating, the fraught nature of dealing with death makes this more complicated.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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The atoms still emit the same total amount of light, which is why this effect has been overlooked until now.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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Compared to downtown Park City and most Deer Valley resort accommodations, the hotel is positioned on the opposite side of the mountain overlooking the Jordanelle Reservoir.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
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Naturally, Farke was not about to reveal his hand in a press conference, but explained what will go through his mind ahead of Saturday evening.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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And her book goes a long way in explaining why.—
Alexander Kaplan,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Working without Hollywood’s franchise infrastructure or Marvel-scale production budgets, Korean artists couldn’t paper over a weak story with expensive spectacle.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
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Buried inside this success story is a growing fiscal problem that policymakers have quietly papered over for more than a decade.—
Louis Sigaud,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
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While discussing current events, and specifically the military conflict with Iran, Reid said that Iranians were justified in disliking the United States due to the 1953 coup in which Iran’s Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown, an effort that Great Britain and the United States aided.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
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All this fuels engagement algorithms that the platforms use to justify their advertising rates and their stock prices.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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Trump has repeatedly and publicly called for her release since his return to office last year, and he’s castigated Polis for not pardoning her or transferring her into federal custody.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2026
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Trump pardoned Hoffman in November.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Brush (aside or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brush%20%28aside%20or%20off%29. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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