Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disvaluing
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Once stationary, deactivate all lights except the hazard flashers, engage the emergency brake, and release the brake pedal to ensure your tail lights remain unlit, minimizing the chance of other drivers colliding with your stationary vehicle.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2025 -
Macy is a surprisingly empathetic narrator, seeking to find common ground with QAnon conspiracists and Second Amendment fundamentalists, without ever minimizing her own beliefs.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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Last week started with the big banks delivering strong earnings and ended with regional lenders writing off bad loans.—
Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
19 Oct. 2025
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The mistake is writing off these sayings as coach speak.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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The texts, verified by Politico through multiple participants, also show Ingrassia using slurs and disparaging remarks toward Black and Asian people, as well as expressing admiration for controversial far-right figures.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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Three officers later pleaded guilty or were convicted at trial of either conspiracy or civil rights violations, while dozens of officers were placed on leave amid the discovery of years-long text exchanges that made frequent use of disparaging language in reference to Black people.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Minnesota Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth issued a statement decrying the ruling.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Dozens of filmmakers signed a petition decrying Mubi’s investment from Sequoia, leading to owner Efe Cakarel having to defend the company and assert an anti-war position.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
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Spurs have had little to worry about from a profit and sustainability rules (PSR) position, as despite being loss-making, that loss is driven by roughly £70million annual cost of depreciating Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Those hyperscalers are depreciating their capex over six, seven, eight years.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Republicans in Washington have accused the protesters of prolonging the govenment shutdown, as well as hating America, being terrorists or belonging to Antifa, a loose group of anti-fascists.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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The most-crucial moment that will decide the future of their relationship is their first introduction, which can make the difference between them loving or hating each other.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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Self respect/love is a strong virtue, tolerating belittling is toxic.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Link was captured on Ring camera footage mocking and belittling Jimenez after shooting him, Bergida said.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
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The 45-year-old actor has always projected a sort of likable, hunky lunkhead persona, giving the movies their equivalent of the campus jock that secretly had a sly sense of self-deprecating humor and theater-department chops.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Disvaluing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disvaluing. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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