reject
verb (used with object)
to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc..
is rejecting
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present progressiveof reject (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“It’s all pretext and obfuscation when the real agenda is rejecting conventional science and serving a predetermined anti-vaccine agenda,” Richard Hughes IV, a law professor at George Washington University, told The Guardian.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026
Busta Rhymes is rejecting claims leveled against him in a lawsuit filed this week by a former assistant, calling it an “attempted shake-down.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
Despite this, no-one at United is rejecting the widespread belief Wolves forward Matheus Cunha is going to join in the summer.
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
"If AustralianSuper is rejecting it, the likelihood of the deal going ahead is very low," said Jamie Hannah, deputy head of investments and capital markets at VanEck, which owns a 0.3% stake in Origin.
From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2023
In any heat-engine it is essential that the working substance should be at a high temperature while it is taking in heat, and at a relatively low temperature when it is rejecting heat.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
