Example Sentences

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Advisers for Brown-Forman informed Sazerac on Monday that the company was rejecting the $32-a-share cash offer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Newton was rejecting all of these older ideas in his writing, Smith says, and pointing out that there is no such thing as an object upon which no forces are acting.

From Scientific American • Sep. 5, 2023

“Some people thought I was rejecting horror or that I felt superior to it, which is incorrect,” Aster said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2023

“I like doing my job,” he said, adding that even as he said yes to those roles, he was rejecting lucrative Super Bowl ads because he doesn’t want to be a pitchman.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2022

He’d made it a point to tell us that dating outside of his race didn’t mean he was rejecting Black women.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold