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as in to refuse
to be unwilling to grant
rejected his request for time off
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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
Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
Inside the bathysphere of the novel, readers make contact with a darkness that our frightened minds might otherwise reject.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
There were some rejects that actually seemed appealing, such as 2NDWIND, which would give the impression that driver is in a good place, maybe even starting a new career, hobby or sports.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
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Verb
And yet, major Jewish legacy organizations continue to insist that support for Israel requires denying the realities of occupation, justifying violence against Palestinians and rejecting Palestinian self-determination even while affirming the same for Jews.
—Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
Inside the bathysphere of the novel, readers make contact with a darkness that our frightened minds might otherwise reject.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
As the saying goes, nobody wants to sit at the reject table.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
There were some rejects that actually seemed appealing, such as 2NDWIND, which would give the impression that driver is in a good place, maybe even starting a new career, hobby or sports.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reject
Verb
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Protesters stood in front of the main gate and refused to leave.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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If at a certain point the person refuses to cooperate, recruiters resort to blackmail, Andriy said, threatening to hand over the correspondence to the SBU.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Aljorna and Sosa-Celis denied assaulting the officer.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Decades later, Faraci cooperated with Modrowski’s lawyer during the post-conviction proceedings and submitted two affidavits in 2019 and 2011 denying Modrowski was involved, court records show.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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About 16 gloves were found in various spots near the house, most of which were searchers’ gloves that had been discarded, the FBI said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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The driver and bicyclist declined to be transported to the hospital, according to officials.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026
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The sheriff declined to answer several questions, including one from a reporter who asked if there was a ransom demanded.—
Adam Sabes , Michael Ruiz , Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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As the doppelganger charms the internet and devises a nefarious plot to replace mankind with brainrot, Shiori must partner with other online outcasts to stop her digital counterpart and reclaim her life in the real world.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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Harrison went from one of the most respected executives in the league to a complete outcast.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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This proved to be the initial step on a path that eventually led to my rejection of the faith in which I’d been raised.—
Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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That rejection of redemption is precisely what makes these stories indispensable now.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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This is a political tactic of the most crude sort, making no effort to refute an argument but to instead impugn the motives of those making it, along with the assumption that people with white skin can always and forever have only suspect motives.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Browsh refutes the idea the NFL chose Bad Bunny as a political stunt.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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As most Chicagoans aware of the history of the civil rights movement know all too well, an all-white, all-male jury acquitted the two men of killing the Black teenager from Chicago and dumping his body in the river.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026
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The mobsters turned the van around, pulled off the highway and dumped Gasso in a patch of poison ivy along the Connecticut River in Wethersfield.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Reject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reject. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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