as in refusals
an unwillingness to grant something asked for
the university's nonacceptance of my application for admission was accompanied by considerable regret, if you believe the rejection letter
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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 -
Associated Press What To Know The court emphasized that the law underpinning the travel ban does not authorize such visa refusals and declined to defer to the State Department's historical practice, citing Supreme Court precedent limiting agency discretion.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025
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And then, 11 days later, the movie will appear in theaters nationwide, something that seemed implausible over the years as the rejections kept piling up.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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All the rejections that came before are, miraculously, rendered meaningless.—
Thomas Swick
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Nonacceptances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonacceptances. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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