rejection slip
noun
: a printed slip enclosed with a rejected manuscript returned by an editor to an author
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In a gambit so self-consciously cinematic it may have been designed to end up in a biopic, Mezrich tacked up his rejection slips from book editors, about 200 in all.
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Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
There was radio silence from Singapore; a rejection slip from Walla Walla, Washington.
—Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024
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Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
There was radio silence from Singapore; a rejection slip from Walla Walla, Washington.
—Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Rejection slip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rejection%20slip. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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