- present participle of reject.
rejecting
Example Sentences
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The moves come on top of a long-practiced yield-protection tactic: Rejecting or wait listing applicants who seem overqualified and therefore unlikely to enroll.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Rejecting them increases the likelihood of confrontation at a time of internal fragility.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
For example, in an emergency situation, the stakes are often clearer: Rejecting a treatment could lead to the loss of a limb, or even the loss of life.
From Slate • May 2, 2025
Rejecting a First Amendment challenge, the court upheld Private Wilson’s conviction and sentence to four months in the stockade, a bad-conduct discharge, and other penalties.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2025
Rejecting Curly’s offer of assistance, the dog trainer had hopped on one leg back to the camper truck.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
