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declination

[dek-luh-nay-shuhn] / ˌdɛk ləˈneɪ ʃən /




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The New Jersey U.S. attorney’s office said it had no comment on the declination of labor cases.

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026

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

Rep. Kevin Kiley, California Republican, asked Heritage Foundation legal fellow Charles Stimson how the District’s prosecutors’ 66% declination rate in the past year compares with other jurisdictions around the country.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 12, 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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