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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dismiss .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having lost your job
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Examples
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Impatient with attorneys for lenders trying to seize hundreds of homes, fed up with their sloppy paperwork and errant practices, Judge Harry Rapkin dismissed 61 foreclosure cases in that single day - a quarter of those awaiting his approval.
It's speed vs. skepticism for Fla. judges facing avalanche of foreclosure cases Brady Dennis 2010
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The student, Steven LaPier, filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday seeking $1.5 million and alleging that he was dismissed from the class because he was outspoken about the impropriety.
Lawsuit details allegations of cheating at Prince George's police academy Matt Zapotosky 2010
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As a young nun in 1871, MacKillop and 47 other nuns from her order were briefly dismissed from the Roman Catholic Church in a clash with high clergy.
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Impatient with attorneys for lenders trying to seize hundreds of homes, fed up with their sloppy paperwork and errant practices, Judge Harry Rapkin dismissed 61 foreclosure cases in that single day - a quarter of those awaiting his approval.
It's speed vs. skepticism for Fla. judges facing avalanche of foreclosure cases Brady Dennis 2010
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As a young nun in 1871, MacKillop and 47 other nuns from her order were briefly dismissed from the Roman Catholic Church in a clash with high clergy.
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As a young nun in 1871, MacKillop and 47 other nuns from her order were briefly dismissed from the Roman Catholic Church in a clash with high clergy.
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WHAT WENT WRONG: Leading scorer Earnest Jones was dismissed from the team for personal reasons after leading the conference in scoring at the midpoint of the season.
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Sat out all of 2008 because of an academic issue and missed half of last season after being dismissed from the team.
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As a young nun in 1871, MacKillop and 47 other nuns from her order were briefly dismissed from the Roman Catholic Church in a clash with high clergy.
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Teachers will not lose their job until the end of the school year, but already adjunct professors have been dismissed from the university system and a furlough system is in the works for others.
Matthew Yglesias » Krugman: Centrists Eliminated 600,000 Worth of Jobs From Stimulus Package 2009
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