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rejection

[ri-jek-shuhn] / rɪˈdʒɛk ʃən /


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The rejection sets back video game retailer GameStop’s bold ecommerce ambitions to take on bigger rivals such as Amazon.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

The rejection doesn’t come as much of a surprise—eBay stock had already been trading well below the $125-a-share offer amid skepticism that GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen could pull off the deal.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

But is this as simple as a rejection of the current PM or something deeper?

From BBC • May 9, 2026

With the chip on her shoulder she’d been carrying since her rejection from Syracuse University’s journalism school in the ’80s, Kelly must have welcomed the validation.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

I would save my rejection slips, and every six months or so I would put them into a neat pile to check my progress.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers




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