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noun

rejection

CEFR B2

the act of rejecting something

In a sentence

Six example sentences with rejection, each labelled with its topic.

  • Her twelfth rejection from an investor arrived by email on a Friday, and the company raised its round a month later.

    Startups

  • Doctors watch for rejection in the first weeks after a transplant, when the body treats the new organ as foreign.

    Medicine

  • The poet papered one wall with every rejection slip and sold the collage after her first prize.

    Literature

  • Social rejection lights up some of the same brain regions as a stubbed toe, which is why being left out can genuinely hurt.

    Psychology

  • The rejection of the appeal came in a two-page order, and the lawyers had thirty days to decide whether to try again.

    Law

  • The board's rejection of the takeover bid sent the buyer back to its bankers to find another twelve percent.

    Business

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