reject
verb (used with object)
to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc..
rejected
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past participleof reject.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof reject.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
rejectverb (used with object)to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc..
Example Sentences
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The command also rejected an Iranian military claim that Tehran controlled the waterway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Clarkson rejected the suggestion that supporting small businesses meant overlooking poor treatment.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
The ECI has rejected allegations of impropriety, saying the revision was intended to remove duplicate and ineligible voters.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Her claims were initially rejected, reinstated on appeal, then struck out again.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Though this was really an emergency proposal dictated by the military crisis, and was ultimately rejected by the planter class in South Carolina and Georgia, its very suggestion seemed prophetic.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
