disinvite
Americanverb (used with object)
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Origin of disinvite
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After the hounding of Diana by the paparazzi, he says he personally rang tabloid newspaper editors to disinvite them from the Abbey funeral, after their invitations had already been sent out.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The United States put pressure on France to disinvite the South African president to the G7 summit in the French town of Evian in June, the South Africsan presidency told AFP Thursday.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
More than 7,000 students at the university in Fairfax have signed a petition to disinvite Mr. Youngkin from the school’s May graduation ceremony.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
Rory McIroy said he agreed with the decision to disinvite Norman, but “if things change in the future, or whatever happens, who knows, but I could see a day where he’s certainly welcome back.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
Others have announced plans to disinvite Russians, only to face a backlash and reverse course weeks later.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
Australia initially disinvited its choice, artist Khaled Sabsabi, for including a Hezbollah leader in one of his ironic video works created years ago—but reinvited him after a national outcry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
You could count up the faces on the event poster, but that leaves out the performers who agreed to do the festival but were disinvited, such as Tim Dillon.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2025
“Reading Rainbow” host and freedom-to-read advocate LeVar Burton,who took the reins after Barrymore was disinvited, kicked off the evening with a book-banning joke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
Dan Kaszeta was disinvited from the event in April, but said he was not told which posts had led to the move.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2023
That is why I am going to the banquet; also why I have disinvited the boys I thought I was going to punch billiards with, upstairs to-night.
From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) by Albert Bigelow Paine
Australia's leading Adelaide Festival is battling a slew of artist withdrawals and board resignations after disinviting a Palestinian-Australian author citing "cultural sensitivities" raised by the Bondi Beach shooting.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
“We made a mistake,” Dodgers team president Stan Kasten said Monday about disinviting the Sisters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023
He made a show of publicly disinviting them after Stephen Curry, the team’s star, said he wasn’t interested in going.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
On Monday, the American Association for the Advancement of Science said it was disinviting Lander, who was scheduled to speak at its annual meeting next week.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2022
“By allowing the nine or 10 to show up and by heaping praise on the team, I think the president would have helped himself a lot more than by simply disinviting them,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2018
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