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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If another catastrophe were to occur—especially one brought on by ignoring the essential stepping stone of the moon—the backlash could be far more severe.—
Avery Padraic Kerrigan,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2025 -
Only 19% of Americans think the administration can ignore the ruling.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
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Employees trust them more, and citizens are more likely to forgive their mistakes.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Viewers could be forgiven for looking ahead to the second set.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
7 June 2025
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Ultimately, this creates blind spots that limit innovation and overlook entire categories of opportunity.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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In addition to the eight hundred thousand dead, another casualty of the Civil War that’s often overlooked was civil liberties.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Furthermore these efforts should also find ways to explain the costs of AI use from an environmental perspective.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Nivola in Lochlan’s season-ending near-death experience and Koch in a one-take episode in which Erik explains to his attorney the abuse within the Menendez household.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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If the old guard in public health was at times inclined to paper over uncomfortable debates, this new one might be zealously transparent.—
Daniel Engber,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2025
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To be sure, Patrick Stewart's regal delivery in the early game helps paper over a lot of potential weaknesses with the initial narrative.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2025
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But as cloud spend goes up, the need to justify cost efforts and demonstrate cost avoidance to execs will increase.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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His breezy accounts betray no anxiety to justify the expense of sending him around the world.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
Verb
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Biden pardoned his brother, James Biden, and other relatives for unspecified crimes during his final days in office.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Trump pardoned the insurrectionists early in his second term in January.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 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 20 Jun. 2025.
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