Thesaurus results for LOOK DOWN (ON)

look down (on)

verb

Definition of look down (on)

as in to look (toward)

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How Leaders Should Prepare The organizations that get this right will be the ones that deploy agents where the work is bounded, the data is clean and the accountability is clear.

— Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
With the sprightly energy of a schoolboy, Jean-Paul Doron bounds into an empty creek, his red suede shoes scraping pale rocks.

— Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026

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Private investors are underwriting stablecoin volumes doubling annually and margins holding simultaneously.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
But with Medicare Advantage costs moderating, analysts said the risk to earnings has decreased and margin progress next year can be meaningful.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 July 2026

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The ministry said its radars detected the drone entering the country from neighboring Moldova.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Campus and county police, joined by federal agents and sheriff’s deputies from neighboring counties, maintained a heavy presence as investigators searched for suspects and urged residents to avoid the area.

— Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

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Until recently, live streaming was seen as a niche technology and a scrappy alternative to mainstream media, meant mostly for video-game players and fringe political pundits.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
Castelo Ventoso is up a long dirt track fringed with cork trees.

— Lucy Gillmore, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026

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