Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frowned (at or on)
Verb
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HOAs are disliked by some residents.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025 -
Some who disliked the conservative activist have posted comments on social media that have jeopardized their jobs, including public school teachers in Texas.—
Matt Leclercq,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Borderland has revoked his citizenship.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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Omar Ahmad, Eagles Sports Range's founder, transferred the business to his son, Nazeh Ahmad, after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives revoked his firearm licenses in 2022 for illegally selling firearms to those not allowed to buy them, according to court filings.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Black delivered that report before the management committee of EXXON, who purposefully buried those conclusions and continued to fund lobbyists, think tanks, and politicians who vociferously denied the reality of anthropogenic climate change.—
Ed Simon
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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In 2022, Spacey denied the allegations and was found not liable in a civil trial due to insufficient evidence.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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Investigators misled the participants about the nature of the study and actively withheld treatment – including penicillin, which became the standard therapy in the late 1940s – in order to study the effects of untreated syphilis on the men’s bodies.—
Stacie Kershner,
The Conversation,
22 Sep. 2025
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It's withheld billions in research funding and clamped down on international student visas.—
September 21,
NPR,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At the time, Bailey denied claims that the film was initially rejected due to censorship but rather footage clearance and security concerns.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
27 Sep. 2025
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But his grades had been mediocre, and he was rejected right and left, which neither fazed nor surprised him.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The parties have been in a standoff for days as Democrats, namely in the Senate, have refused to offer the necessary votes to pass a funding measure that would keep the government open beyond Tuesday.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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Even after numerous prompt adjustments and desperate rephrasings, that feeling of the previous weeks’ intimate interactions refused to return.—
Jon Michael Varese,
The Atlantic,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The side have scored the opening goal just once so far and that came after Josh King had a strike for Fulham controversially disallowed.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Presumably, all of Moore's clients were audited, had these phantom losses disallowed, and ended up paying the harsh 40% penalty for lack of economic substance.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Defenders downed or suppressed 566 drones and 45 missiles, the air force said.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Amazon still faces another lawsuit brought by the FTC in 2023, which alleged that the company is an exploitative monopoly and illegally suppressed competition among online marketplaces.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Frowned (at or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frowned%20%28at%20or%20on%29. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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