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Black commits a few minor positional transgressions in this classic Queen’s Gambit Declined line — a squandered tempo here, a misplaced piece there — and quickly, inexorably finds himself hopelessly lost.

From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2022

Katherine Heigl, 2008 Award: Declined Emmy consideration Why and how they refused: Heigl played Dr. Izzie Stevens on "Grey's Anatomy," a role that earned her a supporting actress Emmy in 2007.

From Salon • May 16, 2021

It follows up on his controversial best-seller The Better Angles of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, which offered a sweeping account of why Pinker believes the present is better than the past.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2018

They both agree that Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence has Declined – an 800-page tome by Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker is a must-read.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2018

Declined the office of Secretary of State, vacated by Jefferson, in 1793.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 1, part 4: James Madison by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)