brush aside
phrasal verb
brushed aside; brushing aside; brushes aside
: to treat (something) as not important : to ignore or dismiss (something)
He brushed aside questions about his son's arrest.
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White, on the other hand, brushes aside the notion that UFC’s Sphere event serves as a commercial for potential suitors, or that the resources of TKO played any role in it coming together.
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Matt Craig, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Selectors have brushed aside criticism that the choice of a film that will skip a theatrical release and be available online within a couple of weeks is a troubling precedent.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
But, those precedents were conveniently brushed aside in 2019.
—Charles Tiefer, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
However, initial experiments suggest that this is brushed aside and rebuffed.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
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Matt Craig, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Selectors have brushed aside criticism that the choice of a film that will skip a theatrical release and be available online within a couple of weeks is a troubling precedent.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
But, those precedents were conveniently brushed aside in 2019.
—Charles Tiefer, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
However, initial experiments suggest that this is brushed aside and rebuffed.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Brush aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brush%20aside. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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