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Recent Examples of refusal Democrats, including Newsom, are blaming the shutdown on Republicans’ refusal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, which fund in-state healthcare for low-income people. Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025 The Supreme Court’s refusal to take up the case marks a second high-profile legal defeat for Kobach this week. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025 Turner credits his success to his refusal to chase fleeting trends. Wyles Daniel, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025 At the heart of the shutdown is an insistence by Democrats that the stopgap bill must include a provision to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, and a refusal by Republicans to include the credits in government funding negotiations. Al Weaver, The Hill, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for refusal
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Noun
  • But those early rejections didn’t destroy their confidence.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
  • This over-enthusiasm can backfire, leading to rejection.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For Avraham Burg, an author and former speaker of Israel’s parliament who has become a prominent critic, what lies behind this state of denial in many Jewish Israelis goes far beyond media influence.
    Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • After weeks of obfuscation and denial, the Chinese government suddenly shut down the city of Wuhan and surrounding regions to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak.
    Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025

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