rejecting

Example Sentences

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“We applaud the Senate and Assembly for recognizing counties’ concerns and rejecting this proposal,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

"They've been rejecting people over the past three to four months," he says, adding that he doesn't know of a single supporter who has received a visa.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

The point of no return was 1915, when Duchamp, altogether rejecting art’s traditional role as aesthetic creation—metamorphosis—brought that snow shovel and hung it from his studio ceiling as “In Advance of the Broken Arm.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

UN rights chief Volker Turk said this month he was "deeply concerned" by a Cambodian court rejecting Kem Sokha's appeal against his treason sentence on April 30.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Twentieth century art music, in particular, was very interested in breaking down or even rejecting these rules.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones