dignify
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Ms. Nuzzi will not dignify efforts to impugn her character with any future response,” Nuzzi’s lawyer Ari Wilkenfeld said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
"I won't dignify the attacker's words by repeating them, they are horrific and vile," said Mr Thompson.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025
New York Rep. Mike Lawler said Greene’s belief “doesn’t dignify a response,” while Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon observed that “I think enough has already been said. I ignore her.”
From Slate • Oct. 12, 2024
He said it was important to attract migrants to Portugal to help solve its demographic challenges, saying the "door shouldn't be wide open nor locked," adding: "It is necessary to regulate and dignify."
From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2023
She knew that she was mouthing words; and she realized suddenly that her mother scorned to dignify these words with her attention.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing dignify
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Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
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