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Craft and Structure practice question

The company's statement ____ the safety report, referring to it once, in passing, as 'an internal document of no wider relevance'.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. A. dismissedCorrect
  2. B. publicised
  3. C. commissioned
  4. D. endorsed

Answer: A. dismissed

Mentioned once, in passing, as irrelevant: brushed aside.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. publicised
Publicising would draw attention to it, not away.
C. commissioned
Commissioning a report is not what a statement does.
D. endorsed
Endorsing it would treat it as important.

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