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The solicitor added: "The families have now been vindicated but only after years of being denigrated and dismissed by the health board."

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Caesar denigrated situation comedies as soap operas with laughs added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

“We need to recognize that there were individuals here that were denigrated and that an apology is due to them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

By the mid-20th-century, however, leading behavioral theorists denigrated the idea of studying animal emotions since, even if they existed, they were scientifically unmeasurable and unverifiable.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

I know my parents had their reasons to raise us without religion, but it still upsets me to hear my grandmother's peaceful beliefs denigrated.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi