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demurral

[dih-mur-uhl] / dɪˈmɜr əl /


















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“I would be much quicker to question His Divinity if he stated, ‘Yes, I am God,’” a contributor to an online Rastafari forum wrote about Selassie’s demurral.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021

It’s easy to see that attitude as standard executive demurral.

From The Verge ● Jan. 4, 2019

I accepted his demurral, but I needed an explanation.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2018

Cordially, Robert Moses This was no ordinary demurral over a book’s merits.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 2016

But the magistrate seemed uninterested in both my evidence and the prosecutor’s demurral.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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