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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dis
Noun
At 45, Shaquille O'Neal has moved beyond rattling rims, but not beyond an old-school diss track. Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 29 July 2017 Thinking about this some more, this is kind of a dis. Armando Salguero, miamiherald, 9 May 2017
Verb
During the 1995 Source Awards in New York City, Knight took a moment on stage to dis Diddy without calling him out by name. Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024 New face, who 'dis? Can be bribed with candy. Bugs and hisses to my witches! Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 27 July 2023 Disruption may dis-regulate the clients. Alexander Ralph, Cincinnati.com, 9 June 2020 Not to dis the Silver Palate—because who would ever do that—but I’m pretty sure my pork tenderloin version is even better than the original. Ashley Mason, Bon Appetit, 9 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dis
Noun
  • The outrage felt by Connecticut residents, amid a brutally hot last summer, grew late last year to a point that a petition was delivered to Gov. Ned Lamont with 68,000 signatures calling for a break on rising electric bills.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Vance and his wife Usha visited an American military base in Greenland’s remote icy hinterland after the Second Lady scaled back plans for a more public-facing trip that sparked outrage among local officials and ordinary people.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The disrespect of Shedeur Sanders has reached absurd levels.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2025
  • My concerns have only doubled since the hearing, at which two academics from the University of Connecticut’s Puerto Rican Studies Initiative for Civic Engagement and Public Policy were treated with suspicion and sidelong disrespect by certain legislators.
    Julio Fuentes, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Episode One introduces Jamie as a slight kid who hates needles and just wants to go home.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Alleviating financial anxiety Love or hate what’s happening, there has been financial fallout from all the uncertainty and chaos generated.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • To dismiss it, as the President tried yesterday, is incredible and not fair to our men and women in uniform.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
  • In the leadup to the settlement, Judge Frederick Chung denied the county’s motion to dismiss the case at the summary judgment phase that determines whether a lawsuit proceeds to trial.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • If, like me, you’re not offended by raisins in your carrot cake, Costco’s carrot bar cake is available now in the bakery’s refrigerator section.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
  • That was a diplomatic answer perhaps designed to avoid offending Trump.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In a 1907 essay, the writer Ito Sakon criticized the idea of escaping the hot urban summer, instead presenting the heat as an opportunity for self-improvement.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 Mar. 2025
  • And in its day, the movie did well, but we were criticized for romanticizing the time.
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Not to mention, there’s a good dose of nostalgia thanks to a couple of pinball machines as well as an old-school Zoltar fortune-telling machine. Closer to our house, the East Brainerd location has a lot of the same decor but still manages to have a personality all its own.
    Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
  • According to his website, Greenspan, an author, television personality, and co-founder of New School American Cheese, has received recognition for his work since the early 2000s.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Clanton is at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Gardens scouting out the Copperhead Course before teeing off on Thursday.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • But his skill set would not include identifying and scouting targets; rather, his forte is handling negotiations, drawing up contracts and dealing with the relevant parties.
    Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025

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“Dis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dis. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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