How to Use dossier in a Sentence

dossier

noun
  • All of it went into the dossier.
    — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • In truth, the dossier was never meant to see the light of day.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 13 Jan. 2018
  • None of the wild claims in the dossier have been proven, not publicly.
    — Fox News, 25 May 2018
  • On its face, the dossier is a screed full of blatant nonsense.
    — The Editors, National Review, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Steele himself won't even stand by his own dossier under oath.
    — Fox News, 14 Sep. 2018
  • But so far with this dossier, nothing yet has been proven untrue.
    — NBC News, 15 Apr. 2018
  • Many of the dossier’s more lurid claims proved false or unprovable.
    — Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Refer to this list as a sweet dossier, with must-make recipes and great-to-know tips.
    — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Now the glow has faded — from both the dossier and its promoters.
    — New York Times, 15 May 2021
  • The whole Russia dossier has been debunked.
    — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Plus, there’s already a dossier behind the title of the game.
    — Tracey John, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2009
  • Trump also wrote about the secret dossier on him that was paid for by Democrats.
    — Alan Levin, Bloomberg.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Ten of the 12 men named in the dossier are said to be members of Hamas.
    — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Steele’s dossier, a shoddy product on its face, is now a hot, steaming mess.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 24 Aug. 2020
  • But the dossier was not the root or the start of the investigation.
    — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • And what of the Steele dossier, paid for by the Clinton campaign?
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2019
  • Trump raised the subject again a week later, after the dossier had been made public.
    — Time, 13 Apr. 2018
  • What about the episode concerning a tape from the infamous dossier?
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 May 2018
  • As always, do keep in touch and do feel free to send along secret dossiers and internal memos.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 5 Mar. 2026
  • As always, do keep in touch and do feel free to send along secret dossiers and internal memos.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 21 May 2026
  • As always, do keep in touch and do feel free to send along secret dossiers and internal memos.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 24 Mar. 2026
  • As always, do keep in touch and do feel free to send along secret dossiers and internal memos.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The current dossier allows a maximum of 40 wolves to be killed per year.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Inquiries about the Steele dossier would have been pouring into the agency.
    — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 29 June 2018
  • This is not the first time that Steele and Orbis have been sued over the dossier in British courts.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Both the dossier and the Durham probe are politically charged.
    — Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Horowitz probed the use of the Steele dossier as justification.
    — Catherine Herridge, Clare Hymes, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The Mueller report dismissed several key claims in the dossier.
    — Rebecca Ballhaus, WSJ, 26 June 2019
  • In the meantime, what about Musk’s three bullet points and Taylor’s dossiers?
    — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The dossier has since been largely discredited.
    — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025

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