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as in to deny
to declare not to be true
vigorously repudiated the charge that she had lied on her résumé
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as in to refuse
to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility
the angry mother bitterly repudiated her teenaged daughter, telling her that she never wanted to see or hear from her again
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as in to reject
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
we didn't like the terms, so we repudiated the contract
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as in to withdraw
to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)
the producers of the hit TV show threatened to take the disgruntled actor to court if he attempted to repudiate his contract
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Recent Examples of repudiate
Bell, a former federal prosecutor who President Donald Trump nominated to the bench in 2018, repudiated those criticisms in his order.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2024
This level of antipathy toward American progressives is not uncommon among Chinese liberals, who, since 2016, have flocked toward Trump, in part to repudiate a Democratic Party whose emphasis on political correctness—real or imagined—reminds them of China’s past disasters in socialist governance.
—Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
The Saudis invited Syria to repudiate Iran and rejoin the Arab bloc.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Italy and Poland, too, have publicly repudiated the deal in its present form.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2024
This level of antipathy toward American progressives is not uncommon among Chinese liberals, who, since 2016, have flocked toward Trump, in part to repudiate a Democratic Party whose emphasis on political correctness—real or imagined—reminds them of China’s past disasters in socialist governance.
—Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
The Saudis invited Syria to repudiate Iran and rejoin the Arab bloc.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Italy and Poland, too, have publicly repudiated the deal in its present form.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repudiate
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In 2023, mortgage applications from Black borrowers were denied twice as often as those from white borrowers.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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There’s no denying that being a member of a bridal party is a commitment.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2025
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This individual was the only one in the vehicle who refused to comply with their requests.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Invited to pose for a photo with lovely peaceful British Friends of Israel on Saturday police refused.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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Never the favorite of his party's professional advisers, Merz was twice rejected as Merkel's successor as party leader, in 2018 and 2021, before his doggedness won out in 2022.—
Thomas Escritt,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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When this innate drive for self-expansion is unfulfilled within the current relationship, individuals may seek it elsewhere—including through infidelity. Cheating, in this case, isn’t necessarily about rejecting a relationship but about reclaiming a lost sense of self.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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The survey also found that while more than half of Russians said the war had a mostly negative effect on their daily lives, compared to five months ago, fewer people supported Putin withdrawing troops without achieving the war's goals.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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Another clash is set to play out at the U.N. on Monday after the U.S. proposed a competing resolution that lacks the same demands as one from Ukraine and the European Union for Moscow’s forces to immediately withdraw from the country.—
Matthew Lee and Aamer Madhani,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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While Kansas public health officials called it the largest U.S. concentration of the disease since recording began in the 1950s, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has refuted this, citing two larger episodes in the past.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Nicole’s lawyer, Bruce Weil of law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, refutes that claim, saying that Dr. Wertheim never made such an offer.—
Kerry A. Dolan,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2025
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That era began in the late 1960s, blazed in the '70s, stayed on pace in the '80s, and survived in an unevenly declining way through Tucker, Mike Huckabee, Mike Beebe... Subscribe to continue reading, or log in.—
John Brummett,
arkansasonline.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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But the declining value of the beloved buck makes the math easier.—
Barry Scott Zellen,
Hartford Courant,
18 Feb. 2025
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And the news is in some ways good—but even now, far more papers should be retracted than are retracted.—
Adam Marcus,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Next month marks the 15-year anniversary of what should have ended Wakefield’s false claim: In February 2010, The Lancet formally retracted his paper in the face of proof that the data had been manipulated.—
Eleanor Menzin,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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Covered expatriates are individuals who meet certain criteria and who renounce U.S. citizenship or abandon long-term resident status.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Beijing has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
13 Jan. 2025
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