1
as in to refute
to declare not to be true
the congressman denied all charges of wrongdoing
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2
as in to refuse
to be unwilling to grant
the director denied access to the top secret files to all but those with a need to know
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3
as in to reject
to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility
in a futile attempt to get out of the contract, he even denied his own signature
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Recent Examples of deny
The author — who first came under fire in 2020 for making remarks widely condemned as transphobic — has denied being transphobic, defending her views as pro-feminist.
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Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Carman, who denied all charges, is in custody and has been provided an attorney.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
The judge ultimately ruled in the prosecutions favor, further denying Davis' other motion to fully sequester the jury.
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Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Connie Graham was denied bond during her first court appearance.
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Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
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Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Carman, who denied all charges, is in custody and has been provided an attorney.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
The judge ultimately ruled in the prosecutions favor, further denying Davis' other motion to fully sequester the jury.
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Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Connie Graham was denied bond during her first court appearance.
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Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deny
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Two other retired judges later published their own piece refuting Gilliard’s contention.
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Fortunately, video replay allows people to validate—or refute—a referee’s decision.
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Wurth saw two more physicians who refused to discuss hormones before a urologist started her on estrogen gel, oral progesterone and a vaginal estrogen cream.
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The man had a gun and refused to drop it when ordered to by police, the sheriff said.
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Those seeking to stop the roundup reject almost all of the federal agencies’ claims, from the size of the herd to the notion that the horses cause ecological damage.
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While state studies have criticized the state’s education governance model, voters have rejected at least four attempts dating back to 1928 to reform the position.
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Over the same period, entry-level head count at the high-intensity firms rose 12%, contradicting predictions and fears that young or inexperienced workers would be most at risk of losing their jobs to AI.
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Jorge Rodríguez, the president of the National Assembly, announced Monday that the official toll stood at 1,719 people killed and 5,000 injured, and warned the public against sharing information that contradicted authorities.
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With only a week of freedom under his belt, Cribbs said Powell is declining interviews for now, reentering the world with some trepidation.
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The Padres declined comment for this column.
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Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Her employer, French sports daily L'Equipe, disavowed the comments and also apologized to Doku in a statement late Sunday, saying the remarks did not represent its values.
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Avila Chevalier also faced racist attacks and false accusations about her ethnicity from a senior advisor to Espaillat, which Mamdani condemned and Espaillat’s campaign disavowed.
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“Deny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deny. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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