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as in refusals
an unwillingness to grant something asked for
our supervisor's denial of unpaid personal leave got mixed reactions from the staff
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as in rejections
a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement
the senator issued a flat denial of the accusation against her
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Recent Examples of denials
Let’s bulldoze the obstacle course the insurance companies constructed and create federal guardrails to protect patients over needless denials.
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Dr. Nicholas Cozzi, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Those include reducing the scope of prior authorization and making sure that communications with patients about denials and appeals are easy to understand.
—Lauren Sausser, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
Pending requests were also unilaterally denied without explanation, said Jacobs, though federal law requires a dialogue about accommodation requests before denials or approvals can be made.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
In that case, his pleas of innocence rang loudly enough to attract a KQED documentary crew, which covered Mutch’s struggles to gain parole after four decades behind bars and 21 denials from the parole board.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Medicare Advantage data published by KFF in January found that nearly 82% of prior authorization denials from 2019 through 2023 were partially or fully overturned upon appeal.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Such reimbursement accuracy failures can include insurance claim denials, unbilled services, underpayments from government programs and inefficiencies within the reimbursement workflow.
—Alexander Podgornyy, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Insurance companies almost never release data around denials in general.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Ballmer and the Clippers issued denials.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Dr. Nicholas Cozzi, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Those include reducing the scope of prior authorization and making sure that communications with patients about denials and appeals are easy to understand.
—Lauren Sausser, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
Pending requests were also unilaterally denied without explanation, said Jacobs, though federal law requires a dialogue about accommodation requests before denials or approvals can be made.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
In that case, his pleas of innocence rang loudly enough to attract a KQED documentary crew, which covered Mutch’s struggles to gain parole after four decades behind bars and 21 denials from the parole board.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Medicare Advantage data published by KFF in January found that nearly 82% of prior authorization denials from 2019 through 2023 were partially or fully overturned upon appeal.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Such reimbursement accuracy failures can include insurance claim denials, unbilled services, underpayments from government programs and inefficiencies within the reimbursement workflow.
—Alexander Podgornyy, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Insurance companies almost never release data around denials in general.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Ballmer and the Clippers issued denials.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for denials
Noun
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While grand jury refusals are rare in federal practice, their frequency in recent weeks has raised questions about the strength of the cases and the attitudes of District residents serving as jurors.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Legal experts say a clear trend is forming due to the number of refusals to indict in such a short time.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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Resilience means enduring multiple rejections, both commercial and regulatory, and persisting.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Fewer than half of the 20,000 households losing city pickup have secured private haulers, with many facing rejections, steep rates or a maze of complications.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Sep. 2025
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But the new wave of disavowals represents the latest sign that the conflict, which has killed thousands of Palestinians, has become polarizing within the mainstream of the party.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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One can make the case that many voters are also willing to be selective in their vision—the right’s defense of free speech gathered steam despite the Republican Party suffering from even more seemingly intractable internal contradictions on the issue.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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Still, there are curious contradictions to Twigs.—
Shirley Halperin,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Denials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denials. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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