Example Sentences

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The agency relied on a poll by Ipsos to query people on a topic that many prefer to avoid discussing because they fear going public with a bedbug problem will stigmatize them.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023

Opponents fear labeling will stigmatize their products and will place an economic burden on consumers because of the higher costs associated with separating out modified products from others.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2014

At worst, they will stigmatize those with mental illnesses and distract scientists from more-important questions.

From Nature • Jan. 9, 2013

I hope your Lordships will stigmatize the falsehood of this assertion.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

Quite likely doctrinaires will stigmatize our conduct in this matter as ``log-rolling''; the men who always criticize but never construct may even call it a ``bargain.''

From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 by White, Andrew Dickson