laugh off

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Recent Examples on the Web Bryan, 47, laughed off his fall after landing on his back, videos shared on social media show. Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024 White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre laughed off the ridiculous claim but did admit that some members of her communications team listen to Swift’s music. Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2024 In fact, Musk even laughed off a question as to whether his company would accept legal liability for its self-driving vehicles in the future. Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2024 And Harris and Walz cannot merely laugh off people’s economic woes, international crises or Project 2025. Richard Cherwitz, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for laugh off 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laugh off
Verb
  • As an alternative, companies should craft apprenticeship programs and raise awareness about less traditional pathways into cybersecurity work to minimize the talent gap and create efficient homegrown pipelines to solve high-level risks.
    Earl Carr, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Some routers enable you to prioritize activities like gaming to minimize latency and ensure the smoothest possible experience.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • In the aftermath,Tammany leaders played down their ambitions and put on demure faces in public.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Television’s tendency to play down to the masses — manipulating our individual needs for attention, for agreement, or simply to win — is an insuperable problem at this particular, shameless moment in pop culture.
    Armond White, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Toyota shrugged off investor complaints about its slow transition to battery electric vehicles, and instead made a successful bet on hybrids, more suited to markets like the U.S.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shrugged off Rutte’s comments and noted that Pyongyang and Moscow signed a joint security pact last June.
    Lorne Cook and Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • At many places, offers are for a free or discounted meal.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Some credit cards, like American Express, offer free or discounted Clear Plus memberships.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • This not only devalues our efforts but also perpetuates a societal norm where women's professional input is undervalued and taken for granted.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Stephens upgrades Regionals Financial to overweight from equal weight Stephens says the regional bank is undervalued.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • At the time, some leaders found his comments belittling and a bad message.
    Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Simone Martini, sometimes belittled as a maker of pretty court confections, emerges here as an artist of drama and depth.
    Christian K. Kleinbub, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • His is a skill set that is built to last, but this type of player is often underrated both during and after his career.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The show’s producers have figured out lowest-common-denominator appeal, counting on tabloid notoriety and underrating the public’s intelligence.
    Armond White, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024

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“Laugh off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laugh%20off. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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