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Recent Examples of declination That for my purposes, the answers to all the questions are a declination to comment? Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 17 May 2024 City prosecutors who reviewed the case wrote in a declination report that handcuffing the man, Trea Ellinger, 29, was necessary and safe, and was proportionately less force than what officers faced from the man. Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2024 The show offered all three writers new contracts as soon as was allowed after the WGA strike's conclusion, and in the wake of their declination, the show is interviewing new writers and will proceed in compliance with the guild's standards. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2023 Only about roughly 7 percent of declinations are at prosecutors’ discretion, almost all involving would-be first offenders accused of misdemeanor violations, Graves said. Emily Davies, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for declination
Recent Examples of Synonyms for declination
Noun
  • Related Articles Domestic manufacturers added 10,000 jobs last month, despite a 1,200-person decline at apparel factories.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Print stayed mostly flat at $3.04 billion, with a 1% gain in ad revenue but a 1% decline in subscriptions.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The refusal to leave immigrants, trans kids, pregnant people or other vulnerable groups behind.
    Aparna Rae, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Why did the ceasefire break down? Both Israel and the Trump administration have blamed Hamas for the resumption of hostilities, citing the militant group's refusal to meet Israel's demand to release more hostages in return for the resumption of talks.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Kahle, who early on recognized the ephemeral nature of the web, said the rapid deterioration of the living web is a serious threat to historical preservation.
    Emma Bowman, NPR, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Of course, however, a severe deterioration in the U.S. economy would have global repercussions.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Vidal emphasized that familial rejection—especially over something so personal and immutable—can have lasting consequences.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • There are other factors that determine the acceptance or rejection of radical change.
    Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Overly broad agent objectives introduce performance degradation, making debugging and optimization significantly more challenging.
    Rick Kelly, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Where everything seems more and more about degradation.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • With all the denials, Goldberg released part of the text chain to prove what was in it was, in fact, war plans, including weather conditions, timing, targets, weapons and sequence of strikes.
    S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
  • This denial could be motivated by the fear of admitting the presence of beings more advanced and therefore more powerful than us.
    David Chauvet, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • He's taken the popular Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid to Hell's Revenge in Moab, Utah, a hazardous trail with steep climbs and descents.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Cinderella Cinderella stories begin with a bad situation that initially improves for the protagonist, then hits an emotional descent but concludes with a happily ever after.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025

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“Declination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/declination. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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