repudiated

past tense of repudiate
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Recent Examples of repudiated Thursday’s vote is what happens when pragmatism prevails, when adults make difficult decisions and when the borrow-and-spend ethos of this mayor and his team is repudiated. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repudiated
Verb
  • Her lawsuit denied the charges but did not provide more details.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The doctor spent more than 1,300 days incarcerated while repeatedly denied bail.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the friendship fell apart earlier this year when Farage refused to echo Musk’s support for Robinson, the founder of the now-defunct anti-immigration English Defence League (EDL), who was previously jailed for being in contempt of court by repeating false accusations about a Syrian refugee.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
  • After handling raw chicken, an employee refused to wash his hands in the handwashing sink, instead of the prep sink.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • She was discovered by a photographer in the lobby of a modeling agency that had just rejected her.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Neither Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin nor the camp representing star forward Kirill Kaprizov are saying much after the team’s potentially history-making first contract offer was reportedly rejected.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The proposal, which has been enacted in Utah, Virginia and Washington, would allow a person to place themselves on the list for at least a year — a decision that could be renewed or retracted after a 48-hour waiting period.
    Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The Times said the report was ultimately retracted to protect Grenell, which is frequently done to preserve the identity of Americans in intelligence reports.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a response to the allegations obtained by PEOPLE, Phypers refuted the claims made by Richards' lawyers.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Through reps, Marr refuted Mozz’s claims.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mendoza declined multiple requests for an interview and did not provide comments in response to ProPublica’s letters detailing the case.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Citing the ongoing investigation, police declined to release further details.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Lee also renounced any concept of gender roles, longing for full social equality regardless of gender or race.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Beijing views Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring Taipei under its control.
    Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The evening was slightly chaotic and quickly unsynchronized as the first dinner group, which included Sunisa Lee, Fabolous and more, ignored initial invitations to sit in lieu of sunset views of the East River from the 63rd floor balcony.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Mendoza ignored what her contract said.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Repudiated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repudiated. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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