dismissed

Example Sentences

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On day one of the first Test against New Zealand, England bowled out the visitors for 132, only to be then dismissed for 141.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Officials aligned with Rodríguez have dismissed the complaints as an effort to manufacture divisions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Clark dismissed the moment as just “two people being competitive, two people that really want to win” and pushed back against it being described as “a blow up.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The letters of intent inked last month for IBM, D-Wave, and other quantum businesses are a resounding endorsement of a technology once dismissed as highly speculative.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

All I knew was that I had been summoned after I thought I had already been dismissed.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse