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rejection

[ri-jek-shuhn] / rɪˈdʒɛk ʃən /


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“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

A member of their legal team in the UK told the BBC no reason was given for the rejection of their appeal.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

I want to get into changing the conversation, but curious, is a reluctance to do so driven by a fear of rejection?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

“What we are working toward is not a rejection of multilateralism, but putting clarity and results over inefficiency and hollow words,” a senior State Department official, Michael G. DeSombre, told the U.N.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Zero was an emblem of the new teachings, of the rejection of Aristotle and the acceptance of the void and the infinite.

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




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