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rejection

[ri-jek-shuhn] / rɪˈdʒɛk ʃən /


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The OIG report shows that appealing a rejection pays off.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

That compares to an average rejection rate for B1 business and B2 tourist visa applications – the type recommended for fans going to the tournament - from all countries of 34%.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

“Another Dimension” is his answer to the years of rejection, pain and incandescent ire, but transmuted into a vibrant, avant-garde, genre-defying gaping wound found within 11 tight tracks.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

After graduation, I was cast in a “Hannah Montana” episode and did some short films, but there also was rejection, which brought on body dysmorphia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

With this long-standing acceptance of Aristotle came a rejection of the infinite—and the void, for Aristotle’s denial of the infinite required a denial of the void, because the void implies the existence of the infinite.

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




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