disparaged

past tense of disparage

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disparaged And at a White House cage fight, a former first lady was brazenly disparaged. Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 In recent months, the president has frequently disparaged Obama’s South Side Chicago presidential library, posting on Truth Social on June 13 an edited picture of its campus turned into a tent camp and the main building depicted as a trash can. Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 Pro-Cleveland newspapers disparaged Halpin’s character and ran reports that Blaine’s wife was pregnant before they were married. Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 June 2026 By the way they’re subtly disparaged for not being financially irresponsible to declare their fanaticism. Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 13 June 2026 There, Artan was hoisted onto shoulders to the cheers of the crowd, a symbol of national pride in a country often disparaged on the world stage. Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 10 June 2026 Many of these Catholic newcomers, fleeing famine and persecution, were disparaged as poor, illiterate and superstitious. Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 8 June 2026 The county civil grand jury concluded the school board canceled the contract based on a misrepresentation of the facts, failed to act in students’ best interest, disparaged the school community and took actions that were supposed to be handled by district staff. Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026 Specifically, the manner in which Alfonsi’s work and objectivity was disparaged with the very public pulling of her CECOT piece. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disparaged
Verb
  • But the fate of Mangione’s state case, set to go to trial next month, now hangs in the balance as his attorneys seek to get second-degree murder and weapons charges dismissed over double jeopardy protections.
    Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • All six defendants initially faced torture charges that were dismissed.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The term refers to when tobacco companies in the 1990s were forced to pay billions of dollars for misleading the public about the safety and potential harms of their products, and subsequently saw their power and influence dramatically diminished.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
  • But the likelihood of finding more survivors has diminished sharply since the first 72 hours after the earthquake.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The buffers that have minimized the disruption so far will hold for only so long and must be reinforced if the world is to endure future shocks.
    Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Without getting into specifics, Robins minimized the potential impact of the CFTC’s rules on DraftKings’ market making business in an interview with Sportico on Friday morning.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • He has also been criticized for his commentary about women in tennis.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The ceremonial head of Cambridge on Sunday defended the university’s decision and criticized media coverage of Arday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Jason Arday, a neurodivergent Black Cambridge professor who was feted as a wunderkind by some and denigrated as a fabulist by others, resigned earlier this month amidst accusations of plagiarism.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Glass also noted that the district policy requires that instruction about religion be academic rather than devotional, and that no faith may be promoted or denigrated.
    Noe Padilla, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Disparaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disparaged. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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