as in refuses
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
fiercely independent, the elderly couple spurned all offers of financial help
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Recent Examples of spurns
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
7 June 2026
The New York Knicks’ president, a stout, taciturn man, surly about the mouth, who spurns engagement with the media but whose competence no contemporary Knicks follower can gainsay, stands in a crowd, surrounded by cheering fans.
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Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
Verb
But when a suspicious blaze kills their mom and dad, Guinevere carries on the legacy Ennis spurns, until the past erupts into the present, revealing terrifying truths about who their parents really were.
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Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
7 June 2026
The New York Knicks’ president, a stout, taciturn man, surly about the mouth, who spurns engagement with the media but whose competence no contemporary Knicks follower can gainsay, stands in a crowd, surrounded by cheering fans.
—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spurns
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But restraint can create value when management refuses to invest simply because capital is available.
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And yet your brain refuses to commit.
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Yet the Kremlin rejects the allegations and denies wrongdoing there.
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The Israel Prison Service rejects allegations of abuse, starvation, or denial of medical treatment.
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Kojima Productions declines to share more information on Kier's involvement, though filming has now properly begun with the actors on OD.
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Democratic voters are more likely to vote by mail than Republicans so stand to benefit in future elections if the Supreme Court declines to get involved.
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Furthermore, the new deal ignores Lebanon’s efforts to free itself from Iran’s influence in the country through its Hezbollah ally.
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Rambling usually ignores it when Dean Cain posts one of his tirades against liberal Hollywood.
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“Spurns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spurns. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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