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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The rise of individuality Amid all this, another trend cannot be ignored: personalisation.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025 -
For city residents, wireless emergency alerts are not just noise that should be ignored.—
Matt Reardon,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
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One could be forgiven for regarding it as a trial or even a punishment; at best a mild embarrassment, at worst a scarring disaster.—
Book Marks
August 21,
Literary Hub,
21 Aug. 2025
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Wolverhampton Wanderers supporters could be forgiven for a lack of excitement when their latest summer signing was confirmed this week.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Each of the upper three floors has a balcony overlooking the factory floor.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
21 Aug. 2025
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Some entrepreneurs form a U.S. LLC with foreign business partners and overlook this filing.—
Vincenzo Villamena,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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In a confessional, Darcey explained that transparency is important to her in a relationship.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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That actually explains a lot about the discourse… Philip Roth ✅ Probably a good sign that a therapist is engaging with fiction that is personal, complicated, and introspective.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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The underlying fundamental challenges created by the countries’ deep divisions over their economic ties, the potential for conflict over Taiwan and other hotspots, and their competing visions of the international order can only be papered over for so long.—
Scott Kennedy,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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The brand’s first-quarter handle, the total amount bet across all sports, grew in line with internal projections, Jackson said, but success in football and baseball papered over underwhelming numbers from one of FanDuel’s other most important sports.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
8 May 2025
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Trump justified both sets of tariffs - as well as more recent tariffs - under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.—
Dietrich Knauth,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
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Councilor Michael-Paul Hart, a Republican who represents the far southeast corner of the county, has opposed the project, arguing Google will create too few jobs and pay too little in taxes to justify taking up nearly 470 acres of land.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
30 Aug. 2025
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That conviction has since been pardoned by the governor of Massachusetts.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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The man who can pardon me has always been wonderful.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Aug. 2025
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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 2 Sep. 2025.
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