turndowns

plural of turndown

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Recent Examples of turndowns Indeed, the board’s few celebrity turndowns seem to have more to do with how no one was too intimidated to submit an application. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turndowns
Noun
  • While grand jury refusals are rare in federal practice, their frequency in recent weeks has raised questions about the strength of the cases and the attitudes of District residents serving as jurors.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Legal experts say a clear trend is forming due to the number of refusals to indict in such a short time.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After multiple rejections from the auto dealership, Kim had to get creative again.
    Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • And this ingredient is the secret to the success of many freelancers, start-up founders, entrepreneurs, and leaders who often felt like giving up and were faced with self-doubt on top of the rejections of others, yet still pushed on.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.
    Time, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Such reimbursement accuracy failures can include insurance claim denials, unbilled services, underpayments from government programs and inefficiencies within the reimbursement workflow.
    Alexander Podgornyy, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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

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