refuse to recognize

Example Sentences

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When workers give their boss signed union cards showing a majority of them want to form a union, refuse to recognize or bargain with the union.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2023

Some of those laws also refuse to recognize out-of-state subpoenas or to cooperate with out-of-state investigations.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

We refuse to recognize it because it would require us to look in the mirror.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2022

But plenty of Westerners still refuse to recognize that distinction, and company lawyers worried that Russia wouldn’t, either.

From The Verge • May 12, 2022

The President, however, may refuse to recognize a minister from a country whose independence is in doubt, or one who is personally objectionable to the United States government.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford