disparage

Example Sentences

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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

This caused perhaps the most publicized dissent against the Lazarus woodpecker, with op-ed pieces running weekly in the paper to disparage John Barling and his mob of birdwatcher friends.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley