1
as in deteriorations
a change to a lower state or level
there's been a declination in basic civility in our society
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as in refusals
an unwillingness to grant something asked for
congressional declinations of cabinet appointments have been relatively infrequent, most senators believing that the president is entitled to pick his own advisors
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Recent Examples of declinations
The declinations came as the DOJ reassigned and cut prosecutors working on environmental cases.
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Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 31 Mar. 2026
Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for declinations
Noun
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Similar deteriorations took place in Tuscany and in Naples.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The performance lives in tiny hesitations, fleeting glances and emotional refusals.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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Judge Panici, visibly frustrated with Talley’s refusals to answer his questions, ordered Talley held in custody until then.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Oil prices, however, remained volatile, resuming their rally after three straight sessions of declines as investors weighed mixed messaging on Iran peace deal negotiations.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
22 May 2026
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Schools that derive the lion’s share of their revenue from tuition are more vulnerable to enrollment declines and price competition.—
Matt Schifrin,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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All these rejections have origins in the historical flaws and faults of our nation’s history and our systems of education.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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After the script was completed, the pair shopped it around to a variety of studios — though Grazer and Howard found a mountain of rejections at first.—
Sara Belcher,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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Key parameters such as time to recover (TTR), revenue at risk, lead times, OTIF and service-level degradations can be evaluated and compared across mitigation options.—
Dileep Rai,
Forbes.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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The answer is not much—Fennell makes explicit, via sadomasochism, the power differentials and emotional degradations that are so often ambiguous in the original.—
Rhian Sasseen,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2026
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Algorithmic care denials in health insurance, where AI systems generate denials of medically necessary services at an industrial scale.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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All that’s left are defensive denials, evasions of Nazi collaboration and the faint hope that something higher has survived.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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During certain portions of the race, competitors are forced to scramble on all fours while navigating steep inclines and narrow descents.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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Looping inside Cathedral Mountain and Mount Ogdens, two of the park’s prominent peaks, are railway tracks designed to tackle the elevation grades and enable trains to tackle the climbs and descents without losing control.—
Maryam Siddiqi,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2026
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“Declinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/declinations. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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