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as in denials
a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement
made a flat rejection of the charges against him
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as in refusals
an unwillingness to grant something asked for
the judge's swift rejection of the lawyer's request for a recess
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as in discards
something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others
that pile is for rejections, and this one is for applications we'll be accepting
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Recent Examples of rejections
Angela Bettis gives one of the best horror performances of the decade as the title character, a deeply lonely veterinary assistant and amateur taxidermist with a lazy eye and no friends, who loses her already tenuous grip on reality after experiencing one too many romantic rejections.
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Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
After three rejections, frustration set in.
—Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
On TikTok, Gen Zers have commiserated to show their hundreds of spreadsheet applications, and collages of rejections from companies with no end to the cycle in sight.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Since Hamas’s October 7 attack and the start of the war in Gaza, aid agencies working in the territory have reported similarly opaque and arbitrary rejections of hospital equipment and other essential goods by IDF inspectors.
—Jeremy Konyndyk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2025
The University of Virginia On Friday, following those four rejections, the White House hosted a virtual meeting with the colleges that had not yet declined the proposal, which included the University of Arizona, UT Austin, Vanderbilt, Dartmouth and UVA.
—Connor Greene, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
The rejections have generally centered on the schools’ beliefs that the administration’s demands violate academic freedom and their values, The Hill’s Lexi Lonas Cochran reports.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
Next came crushing rejections and heartbreak.
—Sofía Pereda, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Don’t let rejections decide whether your work deserves to be seen.
—Courtney Marsh, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
After three rejections, frustration set in.
—Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
On TikTok, Gen Zers have commiserated to show their hundreds of spreadsheet applications, and collages of rejections from companies with no end to the cycle in sight.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Since Hamas’s October 7 attack and the start of the war in Gaza, aid agencies working in the territory have reported similarly opaque and arbitrary rejections of hospital equipment and other essential goods by IDF inspectors.
—Jeremy Konyndyk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2025
The University of Virginia On Friday, following those four rejections, the White House hosted a virtual meeting with the colleges that had not yet declined the proposal, which included the University of Arizona, UT Austin, Vanderbilt, Dartmouth and UVA.
—Connor Greene, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
The rejections have generally centered on the schools’ beliefs that the administration’s demands violate academic freedom and their values, The Hill’s Lexi Lonas Cochran reports.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
Next came crushing rejections and heartbreak.
—Sofía Pereda, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Don’t let rejections decide whether your work deserves to be seen.
—Courtney Marsh, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejections
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Shortly afterward, Andrew stepped down from public life over his association with Epstein, despite his denials of wrongdoing.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Richman’s established history of communicating with reporters about Comey and the FBI is also key to the government’s allegation that Comey’s later denials to Congress were misleading.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Oct. 2025
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Two cases about the passport refusals eventually made their way to the Supreme Court.—
Time,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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Instead, Gazan leadership fell into refusals and delays without any coherent strategy.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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The vast majority of those discards wind up in the trash, further exacerbating the avocado’s environmental impact.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Oct. 2025
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The discards fill recycling bins to the brim and clutter closets, basements and hallways.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bulls get a score if the rider stays on for eight seconds or not.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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While the Bears’ defense wasn't great against the Cincinnati Bengals, almost blowing the game after being up for much of it, the Bears responded in the final seconds of the fourth quarter and won 47-42.—
Jon Conahan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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This bass species had the genes for a range of survival strategies before the culls started, Zarri says.—
Martin J. Kernan,
Scientific American,
26 Sep. 2025
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In it, Jackson Lamb (Oldman), River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) and the rest of the MI5 rejects are on the case — and a bit on the defense.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Rejections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejections. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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