denial
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Results from the first three months, according to patient advocacy groups, are troubling: Denial rates in some states are running even higher than in Medicare Advantage plans.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
The strategy is known as Anti-Access/Area Denial, or A2/AD.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
"Denial of Service attacks for monetary or political reasons is a widespread risk for any company with a web presence or that relies on internet-based systems."
From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance: You experience all of them as you stand staring at the empty spot where your car should be.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024
Criminologist Stanley Cohen wrote perhaps the most important book on the subject, States of Denial.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing denial
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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