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denial

[dih-nahy-uhl] / dɪˈnaɪ əl /


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When study participants were asked to report on their experiences confronting other people, nearly 72% had heard a denial, attack, and reversal of victim and offender.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

The time has come for the denial to stop concerning water in the West.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The denial of care, Kingdom says, made her gender dysphoria become incapacitating.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

TMO: The suit and the uniform are often associated with discipline, restraint and even the denial of pleasure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

“There’s still a lot of denial out there.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Yet the denials have failed to stanch the concerns of shoppers and consumer activists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Despite the denials from Washington, many in Kyiv suspect the issues are not a coincidence.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

But a Times review of the leaked files found a 2005 student psychological assessment, despite district denials that such records had leaked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

When patients and their doctors appealed those denials, insurance companies reversed roughly 80% of their initial decisions.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

As she saw it, Jefferson’s denials only offered further evidence of his duplicity.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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