Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuffing
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But Orbán’s quest for sovereignty – spurning EU efforts to diversify its energy supplies – has left his country perilously dependent on one country for fossil fuels.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025 -
After spurning offers from such interested parties as maitre d’ Craig Susser — who opened his own namesake restaurant in 2011 — Tana sold Dan Tana’s in 2009 to friend Sonja Perencevic, who still runs it.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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Others noted the couple who set the no-children boundary shouldn't feel guilty whatsoever for rejecting a guest's request for an exception.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, throughout the world there’s a growing realization that the way to prosperity for all nations is rejecting protectionist legislation and promoting fair and free competition.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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By 1845, Marx was scorning his colleagues for floating in the clouds.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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The documents included disciplinary information and reportedly showed that Sherrill was barred from walking at her 1994 graduation after refusing to inform on classmates involved in a cheating scandal.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The violations include student-athletes betting on and against their own teams, sharing information with third parties for purposes of sports betting, manipulating scoring or outcomes and/or refusing to participate in the investigation.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Bell could ultimately play a decisive role in the trial’s outcome—even overruling the jury if warranted by law.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Lawmakers also passed the District of Columbia Policing Protection Act, overruling the Metropolitan Police Department’s rule of curtailing high-speed chases and permitting law enforcement to pursue suspects without as much restraint.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
17 Sep. 2025
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In Atlanta in 2018, young tight end Austin Hooper learned that Paulsen was also doing scouting reports on tight ends who were upcoming draft prospects for the staff and for his agent.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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In the 1970s, on the peaceful Long Island hamlet of Woodmere, a man named Ben Cooper went on Halloween scouting missions.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
24 Oct. 2025
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Over the summer the FDA convened a panel on the safety of certain antidepressants in pregnancy that tried to cast doubt on this research, ignoring the real harms of not treating depression or anxiety for pregnant people themselves and for their fetuses.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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But the writers, like Noah and Joanne, are ignoring that fundamental fork in the road in favor of inane high jinks from the couple and their increasingly irksome friends and family.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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Independents are more split, with 43 percent approving and 38 percent disapproving.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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The poll also found 52% of all voters disapproving of his handling of immigration, including 75% of Hispanic voters.—
Benjamin Siegel,
ABC News,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Rebuffing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuffing. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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