brush-offs

plural of brush-off
as in dismissals
treatment that is deliberately unfriendly the mayor tends to give anyone under voting age the brush-off

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Noun
  • The Michigan Attorney General's Office, which filed the charges, is appealing the dismissals of five of the seven cases in the double voting matter.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Managers will be submitting their list of dismissals to HR between September and October.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But despite two rejections from Julie, Todd persisted.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Musleh has gone through the rejections trying to find a pattern, and found that doctors who had previously served on missions in Gaza were more likely to be rejected than first-timers.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In a few cases, the reasons for the snubs seem obvious.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
  • This is the last of the season’s Race columns — of more than a dozen mini-essays on subjects as diverse as income inequality, work-life balance, TV motherhood and late night snubs.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Brush-offs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brush-offs. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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