Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disvaluing
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The schedule will continue to get tougher from here, so minimizing those first quarter mistakes will be essential.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Its guidelines include optimizing thermostat settings, minimizing electricity and hot water use, and leveraging natural light.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Instead of writing off entire nations, development banks could channel financing to subnational jurisdictions that demonstrate resilience.—
Robert Ginsburg,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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But folks aren’t writing off Clemson now.—
Bruce Feldman,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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The estranged pair is also barred from making disparaging remarks about the other parent to the children, either verbally or in writing.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The restraining order reportedly banned him from drinking before visiting their kids and from making disparaging remarks about her family.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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On Monday, nine former directors of the CDC, who served under both Republican and Democratic Administrations, penned an op-ed in the New York Times decrying Kennedy’s public health moves.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The New York Times has put the Mini Crossword, one of its popular daily games behind a paywall, and many of its frequent players are decrying the change.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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Loyalty is a depreciating currency in football, that much has been clear for decades, but Newcastle supporters still have a right to feel let down by a player who was, until recently, beloved.—
Mark Critchley,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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Yet claims rarely exceeded thirty thousand dollars, and the Bronx’s swiftly depreciating tenements were generally owned by petty and mid-tier operators, not Tom Wolfe-style masters of the universe.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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He’s gone from hating soccer to becoming a devoted student of the rules of the Beautiful Game — so much so that he gets called upon to referee a youth league soccer match when Boomhauer quits in Episode 5.—
Jake Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Aug. 2025
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But now girls are only coming to the school to be famous, so that's why sororities are hating it.—
Tabitha Parent,
People.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Her snide answers to their belittling questions are smart and iconoclastic, setting the stage for the other characters in the movie who also think outside the box.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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But relatability can also be a reductive, even belittling lens through which to view any artist’s work.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Disvaluing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disvaluing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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