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demurral

[dih-mur-uhl] / dɪˈmɜr əl /


















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Or a polite demurral by the adult in the room?

From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2025

“I would be much quicker to question His Divinity if he stated, ‘Yes, I am God,’” a contributor to an online Rastafari forum wrote about Selassie’s demurral.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021

Mackey’s email generated a demurral from Amazon, which acquired the grocery chain in 2017, to the effect that Mackey’s policy predated the acquisition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2020

It’s easy to see that attitude as standard executive demurral.

From The Verge ● Jan. 4, 2019

But the magistrate seemed uninterested in both my evidence and the prosecutor’s demurral.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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