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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
Grand jury rejections are extraordinarily unusual, but have happened repeatedly in recent months in Washington as citizens who have heard the government’s evidence have come away underwhelmed in a number of cases.
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Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Scientific leaders fear the rejections could discourage students from pursuing research careers at a moment when graduate students are already struggling to find work in labs due to tenuous biomedical funding.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 11 Feb. 2026
Sports have always represented one of humankind’s most resolute rejections of nihilism.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
And in person, a new museum in Canada is celebrating rejections, social and self-inflected.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 4 Feb. 2026
One by one, the rejections piled up — Whole Foods.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
The board paid 50 building engineers and 123 cafeteria workers who volunteered to clean schools this month as a stopgap after the two contract rejections.
—Bri Hatch, Chalkbeat, 30 Jan. 2026
The rejections, including a refusal to pay for hundreds more prison beds, came a month after a legislative analyst warned that the state’s prisons were going to exceed their capacity in the coming fiscal year, primarily because the number of inmates released on discretionary parole has declined.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
After a series of courtroom rejections, the company took steps to apply for a zoning permit.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Scientific leaders fear the rejections could discourage students from pursuing research careers at a moment when graduate students are already struggling to find work in labs due to tenuous biomedical funding.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 11 Feb. 2026
Sports have always represented one of humankind’s most resolute rejections of nihilism.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
And in person, a new museum in Canada is celebrating rejections, social and self-inflected.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 4 Feb. 2026
One by one, the rejections piled up — Whole Foods.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
The board paid 50 building engineers and 123 cafeteria workers who volunteered to clean schools this month as a stopgap after the two contract rejections.
—Bri Hatch, Chalkbeat, 30 Jan. 2026
The rejections, including a refusal to pay for hundreds more prison beds, came a month after a legislative analyst warned that the state’s prisons were going to exceed their capacity in the coming fiscal year, primarily because the number of inmates released on discretionary parole has declined.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
After a series of courtroom rejections, the company took steps to apply for a zoning permit.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejections
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Pritzker's accusation seems to be supported by wider reporting on severe weather events, in which the administration's approvals and denials appear to fall along political lines.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Mistakes can trap them in years-long cycles of denials, appeals and resubmissions.—
Irene Watkins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Medical staff were ordered to make sure all refusals of medical treatment were made directly to them and documented.—
Christopher Damien,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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White said ride refusals are particularly an issue for members of the blind community who travel with service animals.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
21 Jan. 2026
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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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James put the Stripes ahead with 31 seconds left on a putback dunk, but Wembanyama hit two free throws to tie it before Leonard called game.—
Greg Beacham,
Twin Cities,
16 Feb. 2026
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Byron Nelson’s Marli Denmark defeated Rockwall’s Madison Fitzgerald in the girls Class 6A 140-pound bracket with a fall in just 57 seconds to claim an individual state title.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Feb. 2026
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Livestock breeders, who have seen their flocks decimated by mass culls due to an outbreak of sheep and goat pox, have joined the protests, which began in November.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2026
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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
Cite this Entry
“Rejections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejections. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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