1
as in to ignore
to dismiss as of little importance
an administration that was willing to shrug off the problem
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as in to remove
to rid oneself of (a garment)
she shrugged off her coat and hung it up neatly
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Recent Examples of shrug off
Lane was too extraordinary a surgeon to be shrugged off as a crank, but before long reports of worryingly high mortality rates began to circulate and several damning exposés appeared in prominent medical journals.
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Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Still, investors seemed to shrug off the air of pessimism.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
Toyota shrugged off investor complaints about its slow transition to battery electric vehicles, and instead made a successful bet on hybrids, more suited to markets like the U.S.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 30 Oct. 2024
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shrugged off Rutte’s comments and noted that Pyongyang and Moscow signed a joint security pact last June.
—Lorne Cook and Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Still, investors seemed to shrug off the air of pessimism.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
Toyota shrugged off investor complaints about its slow transition to battery electric vehicles, and instead made a successful bet on hybrids, more suited to markets like the U.S.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 30 Oct. 2024
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shrugged off Rutte’s comments and noted that Pyongyang and Moscow signed a joint security pact last June.
—Lorne Cook and Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrug off
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Tech company CEOs who largely sat on the sidelines for the presidential election sent their congratulations Wednesday to President-elect Donald Trump, ignoring Trump’s history of threats against some of them and joining their peer Elon Musk in welcoming Trump back to power.David Ingram, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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But this view ignores the vital ways that states can also safeguard American democracy—including in a contested presidential election.Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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Next week: Mesa Ridge at Montrose, TBA No. 3 Pueblo West beat No. 19 Golden, 49-7: Two weeks removed from their first loss of the season, the Cyclones ended a streak of three straight Round of 16 exits with a rout of Golden.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
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Teams had to shore up the structure in the efforts to reach him and he wasn't removed until a little after midnight, O’Neill said.Doha Madani, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Now, our son is making overtures on behalf of his wife to just forgive and forget.R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Sounds to me like your friend can’t, won’t, or is disinclined to forgive you.James Parker, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Because some of these features are more technical in nature, people often overlook them.Kelvin Chan, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
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This backcountry Breckenridge home, which becomes its own glorified snow globe each winter, overlooks the Tenmile range’s highest peak, Mount Quandary.Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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What’s more, the same Marvel source said there’s a chance some viewers put off watching Agatha until all episodes were released on Halloween eve, turning the series into a spooky-season binge.Josef Adalian, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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More than three-quarters of Americans put off important health check-ups, according to a recent Aflac Wellness Matters Survey.David Oliver, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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For any that haven’t reached green, clicking the segment reveals exactly why and, in most cases, explains how to get a better score.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Abramovitch explained how Swift could have been an exception to this rule because her career in both country and pop music gives her fans on both sides of the American political divide.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Transportation planners can improve roadway safety and increase habitat connectivity for wildlife by creating special critter byways—for mammals, birds, insects and other creatures—to pass over, under and across roads away from vehicles.Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Women continue to face many obstacles at work, including getting passed over for leadership positions.Owen Tripp, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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And, before beginning, there’s often a need to justify the investment internally.Andrea Wasserman, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Traders have been betting for months that a Trump victory could enhance the value of Truth Social — though justifying its current price tag would be very difficult even if Trump is back in the White House.Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Shrug off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrug%20off. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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