declination

Example Sentences

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The New Jersey U.S. attorney’s office said it had no comment on the declination of labor cases.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

De La Cova was the detective who presented a case to the district attorney’s office, according to the declination memo.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

The judge then said it was a yes-or-no question, and eventually Lemons said yes, a declination memo had existed.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

“We will say, and our declination letter does say, that the decision of the deputy to jump into the vehicle at that point was unusual,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023

The various declination of the needle under different meridians was first discovered by Sebastian Cabbott, and its inclination to the nearer pole by our countryman Robert Norman.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton