as in dismissal
treatment that is deliberately unfriendly
he tolerated the snubs from his in-laws because the holidays come but once a year, thankfully
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as in to reject
to deliberately ignore or treat rudely
the snob in town always snubbed anyone she thought was beneath her
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as in to disdain
to show contempt for
a social set that snubs anyone below their income bracket
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Recent Examples of snub
Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
When asked about the snub after the game, Ionescu didn’t shy away from a little pettiness.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
As his profile rose thanks to films like Serpico, so too did his reputation as a too-cool-for-school snob who skipped awards shows and snubbed press opportunities.
—Eric Andersson, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Despite Babb’s rotten luck, as Cerf put it, the editor’s snub wasn’t the defining element of her life and career.
—Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
When asked about the snub after the game, Ionescu didn’t shy away from a little pettiness.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
Verb
Continuing to snub someone for something that, in the first case, is no longer happening, or, in the second case, happened years ago, is rude.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
As his profile rose thanks to films like Serpico, so too did his reputation as a too-cool-for-school snob who skipped awards shows and snubbed press opportunities.
—Eric Andersson, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
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Note that states with lots of quits and dismissals also ranked high on hirings.Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 20 Nov. 2024
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The dismissal of Douglas, who was 30-64 and had no winning seasons in his tenure, came exactly six weeks after Johnson fired Saleh as coach on Oct. 8 after the Jets were 2-3 to open the year.Dennis Waszak Jr., Twin Cities, 19 Nov. 2024
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Israel, like the United States, is not a member of the ICC and has challenged the court’s jurisdiction over its actions in the conflict – a challenge the court rejected on Thursday.Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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However, the judge rejected James’ claim in the lawsuit that alleged SiriusXM had engaged in fraud and deception by misleading subscribers seeking to cancel their accounts.Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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Good free-market neoliberals had historically disdained this idea, believing government attempts to meddle in the economy would have bad results.Andrew Prokop, Vox, 15 Oct. 2024
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The Bitcoin white paper, which was released in October, 2008, and the Bitcoin code, which followed shortly thereafter, have at times been disdained as clever bits of engineering pastiche.Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
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China demonstrated its pull on the world stage by welcoming a delegation from Saudi Arabia with its first pavilion at the event, as well as its close ties with Russia even as that country is isolated from Western nations and their allies due to its invasion of Ukraine.Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Politically, China continues to attempt to isolate Taiwan.David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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Both of them ended up feeling angry and disrespected.Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
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Netizens on China's X-like social media platform Weibo accused him of disrespecting the armed forces.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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The migration issues at the border, Swalwell said, could have been solved if not for Republicans’ rejection of a bipartisan border bill that would have provided for more border patrol officers and increased funding for border security.Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Many of these communities will have faced rejection or exclusion from a product or service application.Ivo Gueorguiev, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The dialogue was ham-handed, the performances stiff, the villain lame, the story stupid.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 July 2024
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The 100 percent carbon shaft of the Storm 2 is strong enough to withstand freakish plants that would normally end in snapping, light enough (at 75 grams per meter) to prevent fatigue after repetitive motion, and stiff enough to propel us forward.Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2024
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Also, Ross helped spread the rumor, so that causes a rift between him and Rachel, who are currently on a break from hating each other.Brian Boone, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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However, what is the one thing that investors hate?David T. Nudelman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Snub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snub. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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