discredit

Example Sentences

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To my mind, these wildly inconsistent results are enough to discredit any accusation based on a Pangram analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Anna Sale: When news came out about your tattoo—the skull-and-crossbones design that resembles Nazi imagery—you said it was fed from people researching your background who wanted to discredit you.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

"The fear is that it could discredit any form of European dimension," said Galleri.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

In a statement Monday, Rodriguez said “people are pointing to messages where I was polite, grateful, or vulnerable — and trying to use that to discredit me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

It consisted in falsifying a series of production reports of two years ago in such a way as to cast discredit on a prominent member of the Inner Party who was now under a cloud.

From "1984" by George Orwell