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The National Gallery of Art for the United States of America did not deign to acquire an example of Native American painting until 2020.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Toronto is one of only three cities that Sasaki has deigned to visit.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
But cry not for the titans of industry who deign to take on government work.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
Machiavelli in his letter similarly uses the humbler scrittoio, a writing room, as if his space in the farmhouse is not deigned to be worth the title of the lofty studiolo.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 13 Nov. 2024
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Toronto is one of only three cities that Sasaki has deigned to visit.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
But cry not for the titans of industry who deign to take on government work.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
Machiavelli in his letter similarly uses the humbler scrittoio, a writing room, as if his space in the farmhouse is not deigned to be worth the title of the lofty studiolo.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 13 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deign
stoop
Verb
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Keeping workers stooped meant keeping them under constant supervision, a silent assertion of dominance embedded in the fields.—
Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez,
Mercury News,
30 May 2025
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The header was unconventional, stooping and scruffy.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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“Deign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deign. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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