denigration

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Recent Examples of denigration The human costs of this are the increasing rates of illnesses and the financial costs of health care, lost productivity, and the compounding problems of further environmental denigration. Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for denigration
Noun
  • During the defamation trial, relatives of victims described threats and harassment from Jones’s followers who believed the claims.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Ciattarelli denied the claim and vowed to file a defamation lawsuit, according to reports.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Trump’s administration was right to send an emissary after ICE’s Hyundai raid to express regret and negotiate a new business visa process for South Koreans, despite criticism from the more anti-immigrant MAGA base.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Rimes has described experiencing cycles of praise and harsh criticism — both as a child star and during her affair with Cibrian.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At the gubernatorial debate, Spanberger repeated her condemnation of the messages but refused to retract her endorsement of Jones, saying Jones is running his own race and voters should decide what to do with the information.
    Margaret Barthel, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The new layoffs drew condemnation from a range of education organizations.
    Collin Binkley, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Fed’s achievements in stabilizing markets during the 2008 financial crisis and the Covid pandemic, and in bringing down inflation while avoiding recession in recent years, deserve praise rather than disparagement.
    Bill Dudley, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Patel had sought $10 million in damages on claims of defamation, injurious falsehood and business disparagement.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • McCrary's former partner cited concerns about the child's safety in his care, and the court ordered him to have monitored visitation and to attend classes on parenting and for drug and alcohol abuse and batterer intervention, PEOPLE reported.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
  • McCrary was ordered to attend alcohol and drug abuse and batterers’ intervention classes within 12 months and was granted visits with their daughter.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Taken together, that’s a 5- to 10-point swing in costs that has brought the respectable 10 percent or 12 percent EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) margin down into the doldrums of the midsingle digits.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The government has had to deploy millions of dollars and reintroduce some exchange controls to fend off further depreciation on the peso in the past week.
    Nicolle Yapur, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The growing obsession over the film festival standing ovation and the reaction to it from the stars has — for some — become a source of ridicule.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Students should be encouraged to converse with their AI tutor without fear of ridicule for asking questions in class.
    Steve Grubbs, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Each heart shaped decanter features layered references to its source and heritage that enhance and frame the spirit itself without detraction.
    Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • The main detraction with these was a less comfortable fit.
    Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Denigration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denigration. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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