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- adjective Strongly
disowned ordenied . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
disavow .
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Examples
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While a few retail stores we called disavowed any knowledge of such a thing,
Engadget 2010
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While a few retail stores we called disavowed any knowledge of such a thing, PhoneArena has a ...
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As far as I'm concerned, anyone who mocks John McCain - or any other American veteran - for that sort of disability isn't worthy to shine those veterans 'shoes. spectacular non sequitur, the Obama-Biden campaign has already "walked back" from - or, in plain English, disavowed - Sen. Biden's moment of decent shame:
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Here he comes to grips with the enormous task of reviewing contemporary history by recalling the disavowed and the forgotten: the victims, losers and lies that people wanted to forget because they had once believed in them.
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Scott-Heron is being eulogized as the "Godfather of Rap," a title he disavowed.
Slate Magazine Jody Rosen 2011
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It kind of disavowed that there are strategic weapons going from Syria into Lebanon.
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The remarkable discovery that "disavowed" implies liberal bias.
Archive 2006-09-01 David 2006
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The remarkable discovery that "disavowed" implies liberal bias.
R but not quite IP David 2006
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The complaint, brought in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charged that the Port Authority in March 2009 "disavowed" a 2008 agreement to let the church rebuild at 130 Liberty Street, next to its original location at 155 Cedar Street, and pay it $20 million.
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It kind of disavowed that there are strategic weapons going from Syria into Lebanon.
unknown title 2011
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