reject
verb (used with object)
to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc..
has rejected
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present perfectof reject (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has rejected previous attempts since 2024 to let community colleges grant nursing bachelor’s degrees, when he warned such moves could cause conflict among the state’s three higher education systems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Saturday’s vote isn’t the first time a Nordic country has rejected the EU.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has rejected the name change, noting the lake’s Indigenous history.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
But Pyongyang has rejected his overtures, labelling Seoul its "most hostile" enemy and declaring itself an "irreversible" nuclear state.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Man, the rebel, has rejected his mother nature, and has lost and for the most part forgotten the instincts with which she provided him.
From The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair
