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as in denials
a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement
made a flat rejection of the charges against him
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as in refusals
an unwillingness to grant something asked for
the judge's swift rejection of the lawyer's request for a recess
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as in discards
something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others
that pile is for rejections, and this one is for applications we'll be accepting
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Recent Examples of rejections
Gnecco said getting rejections from potential partners and having a business concept that everyone may not understand doesn’t make life as a company executive easy.
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Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
Despite the rejections, their shorts eventually got recognition, which led to bigger gigs.
—William Earl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
The comments were in response to questions about an editorial published earlier this week in The Wall Street Journal that questioned Prasad’s role in the rejections and accused Prasad of insisting on clinical trials that are too difficult and expensive to pull off.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 27 Feb. 2026
For workers, that might look like applying for jobs despite already receiving countless rejections.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
Wembanyama's four rejections moved him past Billy Paultz into fifth place on the franchise's career blocks list with 545.
—Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Feb. 2026
The return hubs would handle migrants whose countries of origin refuse to accept them back after asylum rejections.
—Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Scrounging for any kind of role in 60s New York, chasing girls, lending money to whichever of them was the most broke, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, and Robert Duvall shared the risks, the rejections, and a fascination with the human drama.
—Chris Nashawaty, Vanity Fair, 16 Feb. 2026
Sports have always represented one of humankind’s most resolute rejections of nihilism.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
Despite the rejections, their shorts eventually got recognition, which led to bigger gigs.
—William Earl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
The comments were in response to questions about an editorial published earlier this week in The Wall Street Journal that questioned Prasad’s role in the rejections and accused Prasad of insisting on clinical trials that are too difficult and expensive to pull off.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 27 Feb. 2026
For workers, that might look like applying for jobs despite already receiving countless rejections.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
Wembanyama's four rejections moved him past Billy Paultz into fifth place on the franchise's career blocks list with 545.
—Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Feb. 2026
The return hubs would handle migrants whose countries of origin refuse to accept them back after asylum rejections.
—Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Scrounging for any kind of role in 60s New York, chasing girls, lending money to whichever of them was the most broke, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, and Robert Duvall shared the risks, the rejections, and a fascination with the human drama.
—Chris Nashawaty, Vanity Fair, 16 Feb. 2026
Sports have always represented one of humankind’s most resolute rejections of nihilism.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejections
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The hosts also talk about Prasad’s second exit from the FDA and a congressman’s probing of the agency’s rare disease drug denials.—
Adam Feuerstein,
STAT,
12 Mar. 2026
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Rosanna Arquette, who told The New Yorker in 2017 that Weinstein assaulted her at a hotel in the early 1990s, slammed the mogul’s ongoing denials in a statement posted to Instagram on Thursday.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2026
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French President Emmanuel Macron blasted tech company executives of social media platforms over refusals to limit or restrict speech.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Feb. 2026
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Conversation starters → Guy Fieri, a chef famous for trying everything, has revealed a few firm food refusals.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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The vast majority of those discards wind up in the trash, further exacerbating the avocado’s environmental impact.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Oct. 2025
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The discards fill recycling bins to the brim and clutter closets, basements and hallways.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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The Panthers got on the board just 15 seconds later as Hinostroza and Luke Kunin passed the puck back and forth on a 2-on-1 rush before Hinostroza beat Daccord before the goalie could get across the crease.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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The joke was followed by 13 seconds of applause from the audience and silence from O’Brien, who walked around on the stage.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Mar. 2026
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Livestock breeders, who have seen their flocks decimated by mass culls due to an outbreak of sheep and goat pox, have joined the protests, which began in November.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2026
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This bass species had the genes for a range of survival strategies before the culls started, Zarri says.—
Martin J. Kernan,
Scientific American,
26 Sep. 2025
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In it, Jackson Lamb (Oldman), River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) and the rest of the MI5 rejects are on the case — and a bit on the defense.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Rejections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejections. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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