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as in refusals
an unwillingness to grant something asked for
our supervisor's denial of unpaid personal leave got mixed reactions from the staff
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as in rejections
a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement
the senator issued a flat denial of the accusation against her
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Recent Examples of denials
Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.
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Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Such reimbursement accuracy failures can include insurance claim denials, unbilled services, underpayments from government programs and inefficiencies within the reimbursement workflow.
—Alexander Podgornyy, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But Sutton-Schulman and L had to pay more than $95,000 out of pocket, burning through their savings in hopes that Highmark would reconsider their denials.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Ballmer and the Clippers issued denials.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Her plaintive denials on screen are robbed of any credibility by an inescapable sense of overwhelming resentment.
—Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Medicare Advantage data published by KFF in January found that nearly 82% of prior authorization denials from 2019 through 2023 were partially or fully overturned upon appeal.
—Lauren Sausser, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Leonard would also like to see a new independent ethics commission housed within the Office of the Auditor General that could handle complaints alleging public employees engaged in impermissible political activities on the job, appeals of FOIA denials, disputes over NDAs and more.
—Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Houthis' denials, however, highlight the information war accompanying the conflict, with each side seeking to shape perceptions of success and failure.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Such reimbursement accuracy failures can include insurance claim denials, unbilled services, underpayments from government programs and inefficiencies within the reimbursement workflow.
—Alexander Podgornyy, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But Sutton-Schulman and L had to pay more than $95,000 out of pocket, burning through their savings in hopes that Highmark would reconsider their denials.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Ballmer and the Clippers issued denials.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Her plaintive denials on screen are robbed of any credibility by an inescapable sense of overwhelming resentment.
—Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Medicare Advantage data published by KFF in January found that nearly 82% of prior authorization denials from 2019 through 2023 were partially or fully overturned upon appeal.
—Lauren Sausser, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Leonard would also like to see a new independent ethics commission housed within the Office of the Auditor General that could handle complaints alleging public employees engaged in impermissible political activities on the job, appeals of FOIA denials, disputes over NDAs and more.
—Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Houthis' denials, however, highlight the information war accompanying the conflict, with each side seeking to shape perceptions of success and failure.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for denials
Noun
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While grand jury refusals are rare in federal practice, their frequency in recent weeks has raised questions about the strength of the cases and the attitudes of District residents serving as jurors.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Legal experts say a clear trend is forming due to the number of refusals to indict in such a short time.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After multiple rejections from the auto dealership, Kim had to get creative again.—
Ernestine Siu,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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And this ingredient is the secret to the success of many freelancers, start-up founders, entrepreneurs, and leaders who often felt like giving up and were faced with self-doubt on top of the rejections of others, yet still pushed on.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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But the new wave of disavowals represents the latest sign that the conflict, which has killed thousands of Palestinians, has become polarizing within the mainstream of the party.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As a discipline, advertising is beset by all sorts of weird internal contradictions, although that’s probably to be expected, given the thankless job commercials are tasked with carrying out.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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His contradictions are out in the open.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Denials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denials. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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