rejection
Example Sentences
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This mass-application process often leads to rejection, or worse: no response at all.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
It cited as a reason for rejection "the impact of your proposal on eBay's long-term growth and profitability", adding it had also considered the offer's "operational risks, and leadership structure of a combined entity".
From BBC • 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
He said his medium may have seen its peak during the turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau movement, which saw an embrace of organic forms and a rejection of Industrial Age mass-produced monotony.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
I’m deeply afraid I’ll never be free of the hurt, or the rejection, or the indifference.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Vocabulary lists containing rejection
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