refuse to recognize

Example Sentences

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We refuse to recognize it because it would require us to look in the mirror.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2022

But plenty of Westerners still refuse to recognize that distinction, and company lawyers worried that Russia wouldn’t, either.

From The Verge • May 12, 2022

Thirty-two states refuse to recognize the Monopoly “Get Out of Jail Free” card, even for misdemeanors.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2021

If not, the State granting the divorce did not have the authority to do so, and another State can refuse to recognize it.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

On the other hand, if we refuse to recognize the advent here of a new category, intelligence becomes an anomaly and mystery deepens into contradiction.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.