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as in to deny
to declare not to be true
vigorously repudiated the charge that she had lied on her résumé
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as in to refuse
to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility
the angry mother bitterly repudiated her teenaged daughter, telling her that she never wanted to see or hear from her again
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as in to reject
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
we didn't like the terms, so we repudiated the contract
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as in to withdraw
to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)
the producers of the hit TV show threatened to take the disgruntled actor to court if he attempted to repudiate his contract
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Recent Examples of repudiate
Like those rulings, it will sooner or later be repudiated, either by a future Supreme Court or through a Constitutional amendment.
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Stephen Woolpert, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
Clark herself repudiates this narrative, but racists aren’t listening.
—Susan M. Shaw, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Decent, good-hearted people of all political persuasions can join together with their fellow Americans to repudiate fear-mongering and scapegoating by voting in massive numbers for Democrats up and down the ballot.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
Under Narendra Modi, India bolstered protectionist policies, repudiating a 30-year-old domestic consensus in favor of free trade.
—Dev Patel, Foreign Affairs, 12 June 2024
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Motions by Yandell and Sylvester to overturn their guilty verdicts were denied by a federal judge this month and they’re set to be sentenced on Dec. 18, records show.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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The insurers denied the accusations and convinced a judge to dismiss the suits on technical grounds.Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
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The surviving victim of the shooting initially provided some information to police, but after recovering from his injuries denied any knowledge of who shot him and refused to cooperate, authorities said.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Vice President Kamala Harris refused to accept any responsibility for the inflation that has devastated the middle-class and lower-income groups.Richard Stacy, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2024
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The whistleblower lawsuit, however, was allowed to move forward after the Texas Supreme Court rejected Paxton's appeal to kill the suit after his impeachment trial.Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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However, the judge rejected James’ claim in the lawsuit that alleged SiriusXM had engaged in fraud and deception by misleading subscribers seeking to cancel their accounts.Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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The recommendations are quite broad, so the Section recommends that Treasury withdraw and reissue the current Proposed TOI Regulations with a requirement that reporting would be required only for TOIs entered into on or after the re-proposal occurs.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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Two works, a Diane Arbus photo and an Eric Fischl painting, were withdrawn, presumably for lack of interest.Brian Boucher for ArtNews, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
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Local officials were quick to refute the rumors and show their support for the city's small immigrant community.Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2024
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Hopkins took to social media on Tuesday to refute those claims.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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In the third quarter the negative trend in APAC mitigated, declining 3 percent, with a clear improvement compared to the previous three months, mainly driven by acceleration outside Greater China and South Korea.Luisa Zargani, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
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The other side: The Nooksack Tribal Council declined to comment this week, but justified the evictions in a statement released this month by asserting its sovereign right to govern housing on tribal lands and to prioritize the needs of its current members.Christine Clarridge, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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In the lyrical spar, J. Cole offered a diss record against his Compton peer, but then retracted the song and issued an apology.DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The most infamous of these had occurred in 2000, when several networks prematurely called Florida for Al Gore, only to retract the call and later declare George W. Bush the winner, as the state plunged into a protracted recount.Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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Others, such as Brazil and India, work with Russia as members of BRICS but want to reform rather than renounce the existing global order.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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Left and right, fearful of political backlash and empowered by dog whistling on the right, companies have been slowly revoking and renouncing their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, as well as policies designed to lift up employees of color.Gayle Jennings, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Repudiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repudiate. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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