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as in to refuse
to be unwilling to grant
rejected his request for time off
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2
as in to deny
to declare not to be true
I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that
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as in to discard
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
sorted through the nuts and rejected any that had cracked shells or were shattered
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as in to decline
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
rejected his marriage proposal
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Recent Examples of reject
Matthew Chance, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Then, on Saturday, Jackson ruled in favor of Dellinger and rejected the Trump administration's claim that the removal protections laid out in the Civil Service Reform Act were unconstitutional.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2025
Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Your rejects can stay but your salary will pay for the lawyers who will fix their mistakes.
—Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Trump has also rejected the idea of future NATO membership for the country, which has been fighting a full-scale Russian invasion since February 2022, and have US security guarantees.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Then, on Saturday, Jackson ruled in favor of Dellinger and rejected the Trump administration's claim that the removal protections laid out in the Civil Service Reform Act were unconstitutional.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
The true stab here isn’t just that Donald lied to Roy on his deathbed, or that Donald would so callously reject the friend who turned him from an outer-borough reject into a mover and shaker within Manhattan.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Your rejects can stay but your salary will pay for the lawyers who will fix their mistakes.
—Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reject
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In hearings at the Constitutional Court, which is deliberating whether to formally remove Mr. Yoon from office, both Lieutenant General Lee and Lieutenant General Yeo refused to discuss details of their roles for fear that their testimony would be used against them during their own criminal trials.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2025
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In response, the woman not only refused to bake a cake this year but also skipped the party altogether.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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Their findings paint a more complicated picture, one that her mother has denied.—
Brian Brant,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Many criticized his decision as a capitulation to Donald Trump, though Bezos denied those claims.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
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Trump has discarded decades of American foreign policy orthodoxy, forging ahead in pursuit of new deals with countries like Russia — while other allies like Ukraine are left as collateral damage.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Fill the whole thing with water, swish the leaves around to remove any sediment and discard the water (or give your houseplants a drink with it).—
Kayleigh Drake,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
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But several experts tell CNN that legal immigration is expected to decline throughout Trump’s second term as his administration fosters a hostile environment for immigrants through its policies and messaging, which could lead to fewer available workers across industries and higher inflation.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN,
2 Mar. 2025
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Daily meme coin launches peaked shortly after the $trump coin debut but have declined sharply.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The 54-year-old filmmaker has focused on portraying outcasts and characters from underrepresented subcultures.—
Beth Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany (AfD) party now firmly established in German politics.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
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Despite facing rejection, including a harsh encounter with a former instructor, Hackman remained determined.—
Megan Cartwright,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Other Republicans were more blunt in their rejection of the idea.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC News,
26 Feb. 2025
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Writer/director Isaiah Saxon, who made his directorial debut with the feature, took to X to refute assumptions that AI was involved.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
28 Feb. 2025
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Two recent reports may refute the view, fueled by recent accidents, that commercial aviation has somehow become less safe.—
Ted Reed,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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But Williams dumped the ball off to Brandon Clarke under the rim, and Robinson, recovering once again, arrived a split-second late.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 Mar. 2025
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Rather than simply dredging the sea floor and dumping the soil back into the ocean elsewhere, all materials are reused for land reclamation or infrastructure projects.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Reject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reject. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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