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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
discredit .
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Examples
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I give him credit for just coming on radio, but many "discredits" for thinking that what he says is something we, the public, will buy.
Thursday Thread 2006
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"The whole thing has been funny, but for it to come out that he's such a goofball, it kind of discredits the plumbing business," Lohse said.
Gazette.com : 2008
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But the execution hardly discredits the original approach.
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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To say something like that and put it next to a distorted picture discredits you entirely.
Christina Hendricks Sounds Off On Cathy Horyn's 'Big Girl' Dig The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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In his view, this discredits journalism, as weak and immature as it is in Russia.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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In his view, this discredits journalism, as weak and immature as it is in Russia.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Instead of focusing on why one approach discredits another, we need to identify value wherever it exists and build on it.
Ronald Thorpe: Become a Teacher Ronald Thorpe 2011
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To say something like that and put it next to a distorted picture discredits you entirely.
Christina Hendricks Sounds Off On Cathy Horyn's 'Big Girl' Dig Hilary Moss 2010
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Instead of focusing on why one approach discredits another, we need to identify value wherever it exists and build on it.
Ronald Thorpe: Become a Teacher Ronald Thorpe 2011
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The accumulation of academic research that demonstrates the efficacy of lower tax rates and discredits higher government spending increases the power of these arguments.
Toward A New Economic Consensus Charles W. Kadlec 2011
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