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reject

[ri-jekt, ree-jekt] / rɪˈdʒɛkt, ˈri dʒɛkt /


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Rights groups have described the government in Asmara as highly repressive - a charge which the authorities reject.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

I’m not sure we should reject the impulse to explore extreme ideas to stop global heating, since the current consensus seems to be doing next to nothing.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

The plan is not binding but serves as a statement of the administration's priorities as Congress begins drafting spending legislation, with lawmakers retaining the power to rewrite or reject it.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

My sexuality doesn’t require me to reject all that is ‘normal’ and ‘legitimate.’

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

At the same time, he wondered whether his own logic was faulty, since he based his arguments on geometry, whose infinitely divisible lines automatically reject atomism.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife