Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuffed
Verb
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Mia Williams, a former Gator, spurned her former team with a two-run home run for the 10-8 win.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 June 2026 -
It’s now widely sold online, often marketed as a natural substance, produced by the human body, that has been spurned by pharmaceutical companies but discovered by medical outsiders.—
Sara Talpos — Undark,
STAT,
1 June 2026
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New Hampshire, which rejected the DNC’s plan, held a leadoff primary ahead of South Carolina anyway, and Biden — who didn’t campaign or have his name on the ballot — still won by a sizable margin after supporters mounted a write-in campaign on his behalf.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
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Voters rejected a state ballot proposal in 1998 to legalize the prescription of lethal medication to help terminally ill, competent, informed adults commit suicide in Michigan, with 71% voting against the initiative.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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The stories below belong to 13 Black women who refused to be reduced to a statistic.—
Ayren Jackson-Cannady,
SELF,
29 May 2026
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Allen refused to unload the bike, which weighed roughly 300 pounds, according to court records.—
Rose Evans
Updated May 29,
Idaho Statesman,
29 May 2026
Verb
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Those who believed in finvenkismo scorned Raŭmismo.—
Katie Thornton,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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While some painters might feel scorned for being passed over for so long, Lovelace O’Neal said that her late-career recognition was in some ways a blessing.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
13 May 2026
Verb
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The federal appeals court overruled their 2020 ban by saying the agency didn’t have the proper authority to make that decision.—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
1 June 2026
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But the judge overruled that argument.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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At his behest Aurangzeb—who disdained poetry—sent agents across India and Persia to assemble a literary circle befitting her.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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In Sondheim’s body of work, Okrent searches for the autobiographical resonances that Sondheim himself mostly disdained.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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It was vetoed, the override failed, and Chicago entered another summer with the same insufficient tools as the last.—
Desmon Yancy,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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The police cuts proposal drew a rebuke from Larry Calderone, head of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, the city’s largest police union, on Monday, and Wu has vetoed Council public safety cuts to police and fire in recent years.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
2 June 2026
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Unlike Espart, who was scouted by La Masia for the Under-10s and then progressed to become a graduate of the famous Class of 2007 also containing the likes of Lamine Yamal, Pau Cubarsi and Marc Bernal, Virgili had to work hard to reach the top.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Anyone who scouted Williams at Georgia saw elite flashes from a prospect who was very raw (and hurt quite a bit).—
Nick Baumgardner,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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“Rebuffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuffed. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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