rejection letter
noun
: a letter informing a person of being turned down (as for a job, school enrollment, etc.) : a letter saying that something a person has written, made, etc., has been turned down (as for publication)
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Instead, the new 120-unit proposal was missing key information, town officials said in their rejection letter Friday.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2026
Toby spoke about keeping a rejection letter from the National Endowment for the Arts on her desk as a reminder to continue working on their own terms.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Jan. 2026
On Thursday, Paramount responded to WBD’s latest rejection letter by repeating its view that shareholders should support its hostile takeover bid.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
The school principal Katie Prall sent her family a final rejection letter, which Lilanthal provided to USA TODAY, on Aug. 4.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Roadway responded with a six-paragraph rejection letter.
—Bridget Read, Curbed, 28 May 2025
The most recent rejection letter was last September.
—Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2024
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2026
Toby spoke about keeping a rejection letter from the National Endowment for the Arts on her desk as a reminder to continue working on their own terms.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Jan. 2026
On Thursday, Paramount responded to WBD’s latest rejection letter by repeating its view that shareholders should support its hostile takeover bid.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
The school principal Katie Prall sent her family a final rejection letter, which Lilanthal provided to USA TODAY, on Aug. 4.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Roadway responded with a six-paragraph rejection letter.
—Bridget Read, Curbed, 28 May 2025
The most recent rejection letter was last September.
—Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2024
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“Rejection letter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rejection%20letter. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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