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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
derogate .
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Examples
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The immigration law "derogates" instead of clarifying the meaning of the residency article in the Basic Law, the legal foundation that establishes Hong Kong's judicial and economic independence from mainland China.
Helpers Win Residency Ruling in Hong Kong Allison Morrow 2011
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This law authorizes extraordinary police powers, and it significantly derogates from our ordinary civil rights.
Secret Laws and Extraordinary Police Powers: G20 : Law is Cool 2010
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This law authorizes extraordinary police powers, and it significantly derogates from our ordinary civil rights.
Secret Laws and Extraordinary Police Powers: G20 : Law is Cool 2010
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Obama believes that what he derogates as “John Wayne” thinking and the old “right wing … individualistic bootstrap myth” needs to be replaced: “We must unite in collective action, build collective institutions and organizations.”
Radical-In-Chief Stanley Kurtz 2010
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Following this with the assertion that, were it not for the pretentiousness, "[t] his would not be a problem" simply derogates these concerns and highlights the unconventional techniques in order to craft a story we might title How the Writer Went Wrong.
Archive 2008-04-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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Obama believes that what he derogates as “John Wayne” thinking and the old “right wing … individualistic bootstrap myth” needs to be replaced: “We must unite in collective action, build collective institutions and organizations.”
Radical-In-Chief Stanley Kurtz 2010
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This law authorizes extraordinary police powers, and it significantly derogates from our ordinary civil rights.
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Following this with the assertion that, were it not for the pretentiousness, "[t] his would not be a problem" simply derogates these concerns and highlights the unconventional techniques in order to craft a story we might title How the Writer Went Wrong.
More Pretentiousness Hal Duncan 2008
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People get really pissed when someone insults or otherwise derogates their art and music preferences.
Archive 2009-01-01 JLK 2009
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People get really pissed when someone insults or otherwise derogates their art and music preferences.
Art as Instinct? JLK 2009
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