disapproves

present tense third-person singular of disapprove
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disapproves The client this time is another high-profile Black man in an interracial relationship with his stylist, who turns up dead and whom his family disapproves of. Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025 In IconArrows pointing outwards The public disapproves of the job Trump is doing as president by a 51%-46% margin, up from 51%-44% in the April survey. Steve Liesman, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025 The two court on the cliffs in Newport, but his mother, Elizabeth Kirkland (Phylicia Rashad), disapproves of Peggy’s heritage — the Kirklands descend from a line of free Black people, while Peggy’s father was formerly enslaved — not to mention her activism. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disapproves
Verb
  • The business software maker on Wednesday unveiled an optimistic, multiyear financial roadmap that rejects the sluggish-growth narrative that has been dogging the stock.
    Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The White House rejects the suggestion that any of the president's social media posts have been racist.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a world of cynicism, Logano refuses to fall in line.
    Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Hold on to the laughter, hold on to the sparkle, hold on to that spark deep inside that refuses to go out.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Pakistan’s military denies the charges and points to attacks in Pakistan by ISIS-K, or Islamic State Khorasan, the regional affiliate of the Islamic State group active in the neighbors.
    Reuters, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The teen's lawyer Aaron Washington-Childs denies the charges.
    David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Crypto declines, however, have the reverse effect.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Unless LaVine miraculously declines his $49 million for 2026-27, the Kings may be left to just extend Murray, re-sign Ellis and run it back for another year.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In The Mastermind, James ignores the war taking place in the background.
    Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But the Democratic Party seems to prefer a selective vision of free speech, one that ignores the most glaring and visible current example of suppression.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025

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