1
as in refusal
an unwillingness to grant something asked for
the taxpayer was notified of the disallowance of his claim for medical expenses
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as in denial
a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement
a categorical disallowance of all charges
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Noun
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What to watch: Trump is considering an executive order delaying enforcement of the TikTok ban to give the administration time to find a U.S. buyer, despite ByteDance's refusal to sell for the past eight months.—
Zachary Basu,
Axios,
18 Jan. 2025 -
Trump, a Republican, left office in 2021 as a political pariah after his refusal to accept his loss to Democrat Joe Biden led a mob to overrun the Capitol.—
Michelle L. Price,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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From claim denials to failure to cover hormone therapy treatments and low reimbursement for the time and care needed to treat perimenopause and menopause.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
24 Jan. 2025
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Navigating The Application Process With Help Applying for an H-1B visa is a multi-step process with rules and deadlines that must be followed to avoid delays or denials.—
Sophie Alcorn,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The answer to that—and what actually made Twin Peaks so compelling, beyond its core mystery—lay in Lynch’s rejection of cut-and-dried solutions.—
Emma Stefansky,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2025
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His characterization of your openness to weekly visits — a perfectly reasonable concession — as a rejection of his family is unfair and overdramatic.—
Philip Galanes,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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