declination
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That’s what Auf der Maur’s roommate told her the night she came home after thinking that she had offered a sincere but thoughtful declination to the suggestion that she become the bass player in Hole.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
Although heavily redacted, the declination memo includes details and a timeline that match up with the findings of a 2022 New York state attorney general’s office investigation that first revealed Palka’s relationship with Moonves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
He kept dodging and fudging, saying there was something written or that maybe he’d reviewed some written material, but he wouldn’t use the words declination memo.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
“We will say, and our declination letter does say, that the decision of the deputy to jump into the vehicle at that point was unusual,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
The various declination of the needle under different meridians was first discovered by Sebastian Cabbott, and its inclination to the nearer pole by our countryman Robert Norman.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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