derogation

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Noun
  • Newsmax was motivated to raise money through an IPO partly due to the defamation lawsuits against the channel stemming from the 2020 election.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
  • In August 2023, Schaffer sued the organization and Smith, individually, claiming he was owed tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid legal fees and accusing the new board of defamation.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As news of the article's removal drew widespread condemnation on social media, Ullyot released a statement attempting to explain the administration's rationale.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Mahmoud Khalil's detention by ICE agents supervised by the White House has drawn widespread condemnation from civil rights and legal advocacy groups.
    Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There have been many waves of criticism, pointing out the impossibility of carrying out the test in a precise or useful way.
    Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Then came subsequent criticism about her selection for the 2024 Women’s Olympic team – especially considering Caitlin Clark’s absence – followed by her Las Vegas Aces’ loss in the 2024 WNBA Finals.
    C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The band also lost a defamation aspect of the lawsuit after accusing their former manager David Loeffler of abuse.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Someone might view losing their job as a temporary setback and remain relatively calm, while another person might experience the same circumstances as a disaster, triggering intense stress that cascades into serious health problems, such as depression and substance abuse.
    Jeffrey Anvari-Clark, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The main detraction with these was a less comfortable fit.
    Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Many smart investors, among them, several of my colleagues, cannot warm up to these stocks because of such obvious detractions as the lack of new products, patent expirations, and price controls.
    Karen Firestone, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • First children have also often been the subject of ridicule and bullying.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
  • However, the recent release of her Netflix series With Love, Meghan has earned a chorus of ridicule including from some surprising quarters of the progressive American media.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Derogation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derogation. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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