pooh-pooh
Example Sentences
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Try as the studios might to pooh-pooh the possibility of artificial intelligence taking over work formerly done by writers and actors, their own high-level AI-related job postings give them away.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023
While some people may pooh-pooh such products, items such as bottarga or even baccala are genuinely cherished in fine dining and Italian-American circles, respectively.
From Salon • May 12, 2023
That’s not to pooh-pooh the power of those two states.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2022
“I used to pooh-pooh all that anxiety stuff and think you can get through this. And then I went through the divorce.”
From New York Times • May 10, 2022
Initially, President Eisenhower tried to pooh-pooh the Russians’ “small ball in the air” as an insignificant achievement, but the American people would have none of it.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
