Thesaurus / dismiss
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Bluestone Coal lawyers had earlier tried to have the selenium case dismissed, arguing that it was preempted by the 2016 settlement.
THIS BILLIONAIRE GOVERNOR’S COAL COMPANY MIGHT GET A BIG BREAK FROM HIS OWN REGULATORSBY KEN WARD JR.SEPTEMBER 17, 2020PROPUBLICARepublicans dismissed it as a wish list that included things that have nothing to do with the coronavirus.
WHY HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE GOOD REASON TO BE ANXIOUS ABOUT NO CORONAVIRUS RELIEF DEALAMBER PHILLIPSSEPTEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POSTAny of these efforts, on its own, could be dismissed as a conveniently worded attack.
TRUMP’S INCREASINGLY OVERT EFFORT TO PRETEND BIDEN IS ACTUALLY PRESIDENTAARON BLAKESEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POSTHe also dismissed the efforts of commercial space companies like SpaceX to build comparable technology.
CHARLIE BOLDEN SAYS THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD: SLS ROCKET WILL GO AWAYERIC BERGERSEPTEMBER 11, 2020ARS TECHNICAHe dismissed as “attention-grabbing” a recent study in Hong Kong that confirmed the reinfection of a 33-year-old man with the novel coronavirus.
FIVE DAYS IS LONG ENOUGH FOR A CORONAVIRUS QUARANTINE, SAYS GERMANY’S TOP VIROLOGISTDAVID MEYERSEPTEMBER 2, 2020FORTUNEFisher dismissed the concerns as normal post-construction issues.
NEW ENGINEERING REPORT FINDS PRIVATELY BUILT BORDER WALL WILL FAILBY JEREMY SCHWARTZ AND PERLA TREVIZOSEPTEMBER 2, 2020PROPUBLICAIf many companies do opt in to the holiday, which experts note is unlikely, it “does put pressure on Congress to dismiss the tax, and that would be the only real hope there” for employees, notes Shevchuck.
AS TRUMP’S PAYROLL TAX HOLIDAY KICKS IN, HERE’S WHAT EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES NEED TO KNOWANNE SRADERSSEPTEMBER 1, 2020FORTUNEWhen I tried to bring it to the attention of a manager, my complaints would be dismissed.
WHAT I LEARNED FROM 5 YEARS OF CLEANING AIRPLANES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHTMATTHEWHEIMERAUGUST 30, 2020FORTUNEProsecutors have dismissed a criminal charge against a southern Illinois man whom they accused of endangering public safety when he entered a busy gas station store after he was ordered to self-isolate because of coronavirus-like symptoms.
HE FACED A CRIMINAL CHARGE FOR NOT SELF-ISOLATING WHEN HE HAD COVID-19 SYMPTOMS. PROSECUTORS JUST DROPPED THE CASE.BY TONY BRISCOEAUGUST 28, 2020PROPUBLICARelations became so strained that Bonaparte was soon glad to seize on any excuse to dismiss Lannes from his post.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONWORDS RELATED TO DISMISS
- abolishing
- abstracting
- amputating
- carrying away
- carrying off
- cart off
- clear away
- cutting out
- deleting
- deposing
- detaching
- dethroning
- digging out
- discarding
- discharging
- dislodging
- dismissing
- displacing
- disturbing
- doffing
- doing away with
- effacing
- ejecting
- eliminating
- erasing
- evacuating
- expelling
- expunging
- extracting
- get ridding of
- junking
- ousting
- pulling out
- purging
- raising
- relegating
- ripping out
- separating
- shedding
- shipping
- skimming
- striking out
- taking down
- taking out
- tearing out
- throwing out
- transferring
- transporting
- unloading
- unseating
- uprooting
- wiping out
- withdrawing
- beat back
- beat off
- brush off
- buck
- cast aside
- chase away
- check
- confront
- cool
- cut
- decline
- dismiss
- disown
- dispute
- drive away
- drive back
- drive off
- duel
- fend off
- fight
- force back
- force off
- give cold shoulder to
- hold back
- hold off
- keep at arm's length
- keep at bay
- keep off
- kick
- knock down
- oppose
- parry
- push back
- put down
- put to flight
- rebuff
- rebut
- refuse
- reject
- resist
- stand up against
- stave off
- traverse
- turn down
- ward off
- withstand
- abandon
- abjure
- apostatize
- banish
- be against
- break with
- cast
- cast off
- cut off
- decline
- default
- defect
- demur
- deny
- desert
- disacknowledge
- disapprove
- disavow
- discard
- disclaim
- dishonor
- disinherit
- dismiss
- disown
- dump
- flush
- fly in the face of
- forsake
- nix
- oust
- rat
- recant
- refuse
- renounce
- repeal
- reprobate
- rescind
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- spurn
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- turn
- turn down
- wash one's hands of
- abjure
- abolish
- abrogate
- annul
- back out of
- backpedal
- call back
- call off
- countermand
- counterorder
- declare null and void
- deny
- disclaim
- dismantle
- dismiss
- disown
- erase
- expunge
- forswear
- invalidate
- lift
- negate
- nix
- nullify
- obliterate
- quash
- recall
- recant
- remove
- renounce
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retract
- reverse
- rub out
- scrub
- set aside
- vacate
- void
- wipe out
- withdraw
- abjured
- abolished
- abrogated
- annulled
- back out of
- backpedaled
- called back
- called off
- countermanded
- counterordered
- declared null and void
- denied
- disclaimed
- dismantled
- dismissed
- disowned
- erased
- expunged
- forswore
- invalidated
- lifted
- negated
- nixed
- nullified
- obliterated
- quashed
- recalled
- recanted
- removed
- renounced
- repealed
- repudiated
- rescinded
- retracted
- reversed
- rubbed out
- scrubbed
- set aside
- vacated
- voided
- wiped out
- withdrew
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