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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