For example, Doctor Spock dismissed the popular idea of exactly timed feedings for babies.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

CTIA,the International Association for the Wireless Telecommunications Industry, dismissed the report.

VOA: special.2011.06.06

Members of al-Zaidi's 25-member defense team had asked for the charges to be dismissed, arguing President Bush was never in danger.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Two weeks ago, when the wildfires started, city and company authorities dismissed as alarmist Forest Lane residents who asked for protection.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

For most of them,everything's rosy. Once dismissed as lowly junior colleges and commuter schools in urban areas where students could walk or take public transit to class, these two-year colleges are attracting tens of thousands of students who would normally enroll in four-year private or state universities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.14