disparage

The bank published a report in 1993 which helped disparage industrial policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

Spielberg, for his part, was careful not to disparage streaming.

From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026

The signage removal comes after a March 2025 executive order called for the review of over 400 national sites to remove or modify interpretive materials that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.”

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026

"This information in no way is meant to disparage or to condone or support or agree with any of the actions that occurred yesterday," he said.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

And there is always the non-productive brotherhood of critics to disparage and to satirize, to view with horror and contempt.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Warsh regularly disparages such models and the “economics guild” that developed them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

The order also directed officials to ensure that monuments do not contain content that disparages Americans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025

I would like to point out that the 18th-century world Messinger so disparages also gave us the freedom of religion, freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

He disparages the idea that we have fundamental rights that are basic to bodily integrity, human dignity, and equal citizenship, simply because they are not mentioned in the text.

From Slate ● May 18, 2022

He feels tenderness toward her when she disparages herself this way.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

She was also reported to have privately disparaged the show’s correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who reported the segment, to journalists in off-the-record briefings.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026

Other research has been disparaged for not using proper quality-control measures.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

Many in older generations disparaged them as vanities, rather than embracing them as medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

ANL's lawyers have staunchly denied the allegations, previously calling the case "without foundation" and an "affront" to hard-working journalists whose reputations had been disparaged.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025

“I know you don’t like seeing your girlfriend or whatever disparaged like that, but these guys have been doing this for years. That graffiti was probably from last year or before.”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

He added a Canadian flag emoji and the caption "this is real" - an apparent attempt at disparaging Canada's military by making fun of the pair's appearance.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Through public-records requests, residents obtained internal messages from city officials that many in Festus find disparaging, including one referring to data-center opponents as a “sideshow of uneducated people.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

She once received a refund after a flight attendant made a disparaging remark about how she was dressed.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026

A spokesperson for Flynn responded to detailed questions from ProPublica by disparaging experts who expressed concerns, texting, “LOL ‘EXPERTS.’”

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2026

I was suddenly a little frightened at the disparaging way I had uttered the word pilpul.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok