declination
Example Sentences
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De La Cova was the detective who presented a case to the district attorney’s office, according to the declination memo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
The judge then said it was a yes-or-no question, and eventually Lemons said yes, a declination memo had existed.
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
