as in dismissals
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 rejects
to deliberately ignore or treat rudely
the snob in town always snubbed anyone she thought was beneath her
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as in disdains
to show contempt for
a social set that snubs anyone below their income bracket
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Recent Examples of snubs
Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Other snubs include forwards Cole Caufield (20 goals), Alex DeBrincat (21 goals, 41 points), Alex Tuch, Troy Terry, Cutter Gauthier and Matthew Knies and defensemen Lane Hutson and Jackson Lacombe.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Among the Patriots’ biggest snubs was cornerback/punt returner Marcus Jones.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
With every Golden Globes nominations announcement, there are surprises and there are snubs.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
Here are our picks for the biggest snubs and the most surprising of surprises.
—Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Dec. 2025
With a Golden Globes lineup this stacked, there were bound to be some eyebrow-raising snubs.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
Other notable individual snubs include Regina Hall (One Battle After Another) and Gwyneth Paltrow (Marty Supreme).
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 8 Dec. 2025
There were a few surprises — and some snubs.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
Melinda Yao, NBC news, 13 Dec. 2025
But Chelsea arrives and promptly snubs Mary, reigniting their beef over last season’s pants-gate.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Here are the biggest surprise wins and snubs from the ceremony.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
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Ahead of the 32nd annual Actor Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 1, streaming live on Netflix, read on for some of this year’s biggest snubs and shocks.
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The Fighting Irish take a stand, McDonald’s launches a holiday hit, and the Golden Globes’ new category snubs a major player.
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Finances could bear the early dismissals, too.—
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Cowdin describes more subtle—but no less damaging—dismissals.—
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Saudi geopolitical researcher Salman Al-Ansari rejects claims that Riyadh is drifting ideologically or embracing Islamist movements, framing Saudi policy as interest-driven.—
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Tensions rise when Nora, a stage actress, rejects Gustav's offer to star in his comeback film and is forced to confront her feelings toward her estranged father.—
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California’s Democratic establishment disdains Citizen Pratt.—
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Kleinfeld disdains the concept of work-life separation.—
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The standing side crunch isolates each side of your waist and strengthens your obliques.—
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Far from being mere idle chit-chat, small talk proves to be an invaluable ally in cultivating social health—a precious virtue in a world where hyperconnection increasingly isolates us from one another.—
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Lee disrespects national park values with these twin bills, and Curtis, who likes to tout his nature sensitivity on hikes with constituents, should know better.—
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The premiere episode opens with Colter starting a brawl in a small town bar after another patron disrespects the bartender.—
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At least seven grand jury rejections have occurred across five different cases since the administration’s crime and security surge crackdown began in August.—
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Extraordinary rejections Granted, all these grand juries were in liberal jurisdictions, but their rejections of prosecutors’ claims are still striking, since indictments are usually notoriously easy to secure.—
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Counterintuitively, some analysts think that the investigation now makes near-term interest rate cuts less likely, because Powell and the other members of the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) will be determined to show the markets that they are guided by the data and not legal threats.—
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Cutting out any that have negative revenue revisions over the past month cuts that in half again to 100 stocks.—
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This all tends to be a bit of a circus — tenants get mad, landlords get mad, then the board comes out with a number everyone hates.—
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Pelosi too pushed back on the idea that the rest of the country hates California.—
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“Snubs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snubs. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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