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Recent Examples of dismiss While the Court of Claims didn’t grant a motion to dismiss the case, a Court of Appeals panel did in May 2024, with MIRC ultimately appealing the decision to the Michigan Supreme Court. Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025 After being dismissed and briefly rehired as a consultant, Minaya took a job with MLB to serve as a consultatnt for amateur scouting initiatives. Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 The latter lawsuit was dismissed days later. Connor Greene, Time, 8 Oct. 2025 One 2019 case included a battery resulting in bodily injury charge, which was later dismissed in a plea deal, and a conviction for misdemeanor theft that earned Boose just two months behind bars. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dismiss
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismiss
Verb
  • Israel is expected to keep some troops in Gaza for now, but would eventually remove them as the ceasefire solidifies and peace takes hold.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Bieber ended the Instagram carousel with a post of her once again in bed, this time removing a pair of the peptide eye prep patches.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • He had already been ejected earlier in the third period.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Last week, at the Glasgow stop of her Infinity Heart tour, Siwa unexpectedly ejected two fans from the show over a hoodie that featured Siwa photoshopped onto an egg, an image that appeared to be mocking her hairline.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Amen Thompson wasn’t going to be counted on as Houston’s primary ballhandler until Fred VanVleet’s injury, but the Rockets should be leaning on Thompson as a point guard going forward, especially to minimize Thompson’s lack of shooting.
    Law Murray, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s a handsome Japanese cutting board that’s designed to minimize stress on your hand and lengthen the life of your chef’s knives.
    Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His uncles got sacked, picked off, hit in the mouth, too; both of them got up to ultimately win.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Phillips sacked Rodgers, a key play in the fourth quarter of a close game.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Being outed has had an effect on Khalid’s music, according to the superstar himself.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 6 Oct. 2025
  • Last year, the singer-songwriter was outed by an ex on social media.
    Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Their patches of habitat and their water sources are diminishing; their feeding timeline has grown increasingly erratic, and more barricades are being built all the time, limiting their freedom of movement.
    Ganesh Marín, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
  • And another sign the perception is of a Panthers team diminished.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The superintendent of Julian Union Elementary School District is retiring at the end of the school year after more than a decade leading the tiny rural district in San Diego County’s mountainous east.
    Sam Schulz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In an amicus brief filed on Thursday, a group of former secretaries of the Army and Navy and retired four-star admirals and generals encouraged Judge Perry to express caution about the broader use of the National Guard in domestic operations.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The formula blends barrier-repairing ceramides, moisture-boosting hyaluronic acid, and soothing niacinamide to calm the scalp, banish flakes, and lock in hydration.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The girl only makes selfless wishes, and Iblis is banished to his lamp for a millennia for his failure.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Dismiss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismiss. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.

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