refusal
Example Sentences
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Heteropessimism isn’t an anti-straight ideology or a refusal to couple up.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
The prosecutor's office in the northwestern city of Brest said a criminal investigation had been opened over failure to prove a vessel's nationality, absence of a flag and refusal to comply.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
The restrictions were later widened to prevent him carrying out any clinical practice over concerns about his refusal to fully engage with retraining measures.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
“Post-training should induce refusal or skewed responses in LLMs that are affected by regulations from a particular state—i.e. that are required by that state to refuse or edit answers on particular topics.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
It all comes to the same thing—a refusal or inability to face the situation squarely.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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