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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
At least seven grand jury rejections have occurred across five different cases since the administration’s crime and security surge crackdown began in August.
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Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
Extraordinary rejections Granted, all these grand juries were in liberal jurisdictions, but their rejections of prosecutors’ claims are still striking, since indictments are usually notoriously easy to secure.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
Suddenly, the rejections, delays, endings, and redirections of the past two years start making sense.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
That said, Bezos admitted brutal honesty with his potential investors may have played a role in getting so many rejections.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
Paramount submitted multiple offers starting in September to forge an entertainment powerhouse capable of challenging Netflix and tech giants such as Apple that have expanded into media but faced rejections.
—Harshita Mary Varghese, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
Despite previous rejections from Jack Dubois (Huszar), who oversees the entries, Holly finds an unexpected opportunity to assist legendary glassblower Bianca Bonhomme, to help Jack.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Dec. 2025
But San Diego County’s experience with CARE Court, which started locally in October 2023, has had a high rate of petition rejections.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
Following a series of rejections by Power 4 coaches, Penn State was able to convince Matt Campbell to leave Iowa State for State College.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
Extraordinary rejections Granted, all these grand juries were in liberal jurisdictions, but their rejections of prosecutors’ claims are still striking, since indictments are usually notoriously easy to secure.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
Suddenly, the rejections, delays, endings, and redirections of the past two years start making sense.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
That said, Bezos admitted brutal honesty with his potential investors may have played a role in getting so many rejections.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
Paramount submitted multiple offers starting in September to forge an entertainment powerhouse capable of challenging Netflix and tech giants such as Apple that have expanded into media but faced rejections.
—Harshita Mary Varghese, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
Despite previous rejections from Jack Dubois (Huszar), who oversees the entries, Holly finds an unexpected opportunity to assist legendary glassblower Bianca Bonhomme, to help Jack.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Dec. 2025
But San Diego County’s experience with CARE Court, which started locally in October 2023, has had a high rate of petition rejections.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
Following a series of rejections by Power 4 coaches, Penn State was able to convince Matt Campbell to leave Iowa State for State College.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejections
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The Social Security Administration’s sudden reversal of its earlier denials about DOGE’s rampage through its most sensitive records rattled Social Security advocacy groups.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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While there are allegations that surveillance cameras operated by such retail partners as Flock Safety are being use to assist ICE raids as some activist investors charge, retailers should assert this electronic collaborating is not true—consistent with denials by Flock Safety.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 2026
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Mass refusals also led to the cancellation of multiple PEN America events.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Roberts’s votes in recent years—such as his decision to deny review in cases involving service refusals—suggest a preference to limit rather than undo .—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 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
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Xzayvier Brown made a three-pointer with 18 seconds left to give the Sooners a 33-30 halftime advantage.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Feb. 2026
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When Anthropic fed Claude the entire novel The Great Gatsby with one line changed, the model spotted the alteration in 22 seconds.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
31 Jan. 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
Noun
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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 1 Feb. 2026.
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