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denial

[dih-nahy-uhl] / dɪˈnaɪ əl /


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Deviation from that storyline can be unsettling; repeat any denial often enough and it can, to some, begin to feel sincere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The denial of care, Kingdom says, made her gender dysphoria become incapacitating.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

Maybe there was wisdom in denial after all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

By Sunday evening, the hospital itself issued a flat public denial that Talarico had never been a patient.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

It is not merely the denial of the housing application but the shame of being a grown man who has to beg his grandmother for a place to sleep at night.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Yet the denials have failed to stanch the concerns of shoppers and consumer activists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Despite the denials from Washington, many in Kyiv suspect the issues are not a coincidence.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

And still, these families face denials, delays and difficulty accessing the care and medicines they need.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

In all, the Interior Department denied 78 financial assistance requests from the Great Basin Institute totaling more than $12.7 million, according to a letter from Chief Executive Peter Woodruff appealing the denials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The hotel brought a breakfast to our room that, much to my delight, featured deli meat among many other denials of American breakfast constructions.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green


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