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as in to refuse
to be unwilling to grant
rejected his request for time off
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as in to deny
to declare not to be true
I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that
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as in to discard
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
sorted through the nuts and rejected any that had cracked shells or were shattered
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as in to decline
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
rejected his marriage proposal
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Recent Examples of reject
Aparna Rae,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Olson said the Citizens Action Coalition opposed the settlement and requested that the commission rejected it.
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Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
These days, the aviary houses parakeets that are mostly rejects from friends whose kids got bored with them.
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Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Derek Mobley applied to over a hundred jobs and was rejected from every single one, frequently receiving rejection notices in the middle of the night.
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Aparna Rae,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Olson said the Citizens Action Coalition opposed the settlement and requested that the commission rejected it.
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Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
Noun
At first glance, the collection seemed to be a paean to rejects.
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Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
These days, the aviary houses parakeets that are mostly rejects from friends whose kids got bored with them.
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Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reject
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Wurth saw two more physicians who refused to discuss hormones before a urologist started her on estrogen gel, oral progesterone and a vaginal estrogen cream.
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The man had a gun and refused to drop it when ordered to by police, the sheriff said.
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That agreement set a 60-day period for negotiations on key issues, including the future of Tehran’s nuclear program amid concerns that Iran wants to use it for military purposes, a claim the country denies.
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Pitt's request for possible sanctions, or monetary fines, in the legal proceeding was denied, per court documents.
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Once everything is clean, discard the next few batches of ice before resuming use.
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Nationally, the survey found that 43% of respondents always or usually discard food near or past the date on the label, up from 37% in 2016.
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With only a week of freedom under his belt, Cribbs said Powell is declining interviews for now, reentering the world with some trepidation.
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The Padres declined comment for this column.
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As a child, Aemond is rebellious, an outcast and does not get along well with Rhaenyra’s children, who are of a similar age.
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The musical is also narrated by Damian and Janis, the school outcasts who Cady befriends on her first day.
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Social and physical pain share overlapping circuitry in the brain, and a large-scale meta-analysis identified the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex as the region most reliably activated by social rejection, the same region most associated with the experience of pain itself.
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At the end of the day, the college audition process has rejection.
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Two other retired judges later published their own piece refuting Gilliard’s contention.
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Fortunately, video replay allows people to validate—or refute—a referee’s decision.
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Plum Island beaches in Newburyport, Massachusetts are closed after 60,000 gallons of wastewater were accidentally dumped into the Merrimack River on Thursday.
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By the end of the debate, about 150 men dressed in Indigenous costumes, their faces smeared with soot, stormed to a nearby wharf and dumped a literal boatload of tea into the water.
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“Reject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reject. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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