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
All the owners, including Allen, have denied the allegations against them in court filings or in statements to the news media.
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Tony Schick, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025
McMahan has denied leading the chant.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Should they be denied pain relief and told to tough it out?
—Tami S. Rowen, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
The sightings follow a series of Russian incursions into NATO airspace, but Moscow denied responsibility for the Munich drones.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Tony Schick, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025
McMahan has denied leading the chant.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Should they be denied pain relief and told to tough it out?
—Tami S. Rowen, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
The sightings follow a series of Russian incursions into NATO airspace, but Moscow denied responsibility for the Munich drones.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deny
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These findings refuted longstanding preconceived beliefs about humans and animals.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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The appellate court's decision refuted multiple issues with Avery's arguments.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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My adoptive parents had refused to allow contact or send pictures, and didn’t tell me about her attempt to communicate with us for years after the fact.—
Nicole Chung,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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Federal officials refused to return him, accusing him of being a gang member, despite judges’ orders that he should be sent back to the United States.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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The letter also called for the return of mandatory standardized testing in university admissions and for universities to report the anonymous scores and grades of accepted and rejected students.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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In a June ruling, a three-judge Kansas Court of Appeals panel rejected Kobach’s arguments in no uncertain terms.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
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The plan also contradicts the Prime Minister’s frequent claims that the Palestinian Authority will have no role in a postwar Gaza.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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Why economists are still waiting on government data Sometimes non-government reports contradict one another, which makes the absence of BLS data a challenge, Flynn said.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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And some items, though limited, have seen prices decline, including Graeter’s Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip ice cream, Montgomery Inn’s full rack of ribs, Pringles potato chips and Red and Blue Bicycle Playing cards (though a standard deck has risen 11% in line with the overall index.—
Alexander Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Oct. 2025
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Netflix has declined to comment on Musk’s campaign.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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Controllers call out The Department of Transportation has seen an uptick in air traffic controllers calling out sick since the federal government shutdown almost a week ago, while the union representing them has disavowed any coordinated work actions.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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But the rhetoric has baffled Democrats, who see ER payments as effective and noncontroversial and are unwilling to disavow it.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Deny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deny. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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