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Recent Examples of scoff
Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 9 Mar. 2025
For his part, Lewin scoffed at the suggestion Ephron saved casings from the gun range.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
Roland Wilkerson, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
That drew scoffs of laughter from the Democratic side of the aisle.
—Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Stephen Groves and Keving Freking The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2023
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Verb
And though Rick often scoffs at Chelsea's bubbly declarations, his true feelings emerge in moments of high tension.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 9 Mar. 2025
For his part, Lewin scoffed at the suggestion Ephron saved casings from the gun range.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
As the ancient practice of yoga morphs to meet ever-shifting American tastes, Charlotte is embracing a new variation that might have drawn scoffs just a few years ago.
—Roland Wilkerson, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
That drew scoffs of laughter from the Democratic side of the aisle.
—Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Stephen Groves and Keving Freking The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoff
Verb
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After the party broke up, Cal coaches adjourned to their offices to begin devouring Mississippi State tape.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2025
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But revolutions have a way of devouring some of their early and most eager adherents.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Despite the show's ruminations revolving around Dorian's ego, there is no vanity in this performance where Snook sweats, sneers, and dashes across stage.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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One is Giovanni Battista Moroni’s Portrait of a Woman (ca. 1575), in which a leery-eyed woman stares down at her viewer, pressing her lips into the faintest of sneers.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This is because the spores often become airborne, where they can be inhaled by people and animals.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
1 Apr. 2025
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This experimental setup allowed the researchers to manipulate the seals’ inhaled oxygen and CO2 levels while monitoring their diving behavior.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But for just as long, any such talk has been met with smirks and sneers from outside Connecticut.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2025
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But Jordana didn’t seem to think much of it other than a smirk.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Slurp your bev up like a straw or tip the bottle back to gulp it down.—
Louryn Strampe,
WIRED,
22 Mar. 2025
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That would have been like the Celtics willingly trading, gulp, Paul Pierce to the Heat at one point.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
Verb
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By way of comparison, the one-hour shows were responsible for just 15% of broadcast viewing during January, when the NFL postseason and the College Football Playoff series gobbled up the lion’s share of U.S. video impressions.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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But that analysis began to break down when the M23 started gobbling up more territory in Congo’s two Kivu provinces.—
Michela Wrong,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Scoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoff. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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