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as in to refute
to declare not to be true
the congressman denied all charges of wrongdoing
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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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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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as in refuting
to declare not to be true
the congressman denied all charges of wrongdoing
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as in refusing
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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as in rejecting
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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“Deny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deny. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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