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- verb Present participle of
dismiss .
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Examples
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Judge Boyko, in dismissing the cases, insisted that such action was necessary because judges have an independent duty to monitor the foreclosure process and ensure the integrity of the courts.
Ray Brescia: Strong Medicine: The Long-Term Health of the Housing Market Requires a National Foreclosure Moratorium Ray Brescia 2010
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That was indeed the conclusion of your appointee to determine the legal status of Guantánamo detainees, Susan Crawford, who simply stated in dismissing all charges against Qahtani: “His treatment met the legal definition of torture.”
Dear President Bush, 2009
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From the curvaceous slopes of California where failed former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina -- like all but one other GOP Senate candidate -- apparently knows more than 32 national science academies and the Pentagon in dismissing the threat posed by global warming.
Bennet Kelley: The 2010 Election: America's Aretha Franklin Moment Bennet Kelley 2010
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If it did, I would be justified in dismissing arguments against free trade on the grounds that many who make such arguments are at risk of losing their jobs or have actually lost their jobs.
Getting Ricardo Wrong, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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From the curvaceous slopes of California where failed former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina -- like all but one other GOP Senate candidate -- apparently knows more than 32 national science academies and the Pentagon in dismissing the threat posed by global warming.
Bennet Kelley: The 2010 Election: America's Aretha Franklin Moment Bennet Kelley 2010
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From the curvaceous slopes of California where failed former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina -- like all but one other GOP Senate candidate -- apparently knows more than 32 national science academies and the Pentagon in dismissing the threat posed by global warming.
Bennet Kelley: The 2010 Election: America's Aretha Franklin Moment Bennet Kelley 2010
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From the curvaceous slopes of California where failed former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina -- like all but one other GOP Senate candidate -- apparently knows more than 32 national science academies and the Pentagon in dismissing the threat posed by global warming.
Bennet Kelley: The 2010 Election: America's Aretha Franklin Moment Bennet Kelley 2010
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From the curvaceous slopes of California where failed former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina -- like all but one other GOP Senate candidate -- apparently knows more than 32 national science academies and the Pentagon in dismissing the threat posed by global warming.
Bennet Kelley: The 2010 Election: America's Aretha Franklin Moment Bennet Kelley 2010
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From the curvaceous slopes of California where failed former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina -- like all but one other GOP Senate candidate -- apparently knows more than 32 national science academies and the Pentagon in dismissing the threat posed by global warming.
Bennet Kelley: The 2010 Election: America's Aretha Franklin Moment Bennet Kelley 2010
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The Republican National Committee is once again dismissing criticism from Republican insiders that Chairman Michael Steele's election-year operation has left the party in a far less advantageous state than it otherwise would have been in this midterm cycle.
RNC Dismisses Steele's Terrible Poll Numbers Among GOP Insiders The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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