1
as in to refute
to declare not to be true
the congressman denied all charges of wrongdoing
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2
as in to refuse
to be unwilling to grant
the director denied access to the top secret files to all but those with a need to know
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3
as in to reject
to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility
in a futile attempt to get out of the contract, he even denied his own signature
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Recent Examples of deny
Trump denied the flights took place when he was asked about them.
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Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Trinidad’s government has endorsed the deployment, emphasizing its support for regional security while denying any involvement in efforts to unseat Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Ohtani has denied ever betting on sports and was not implicated.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Aerial Recovery, Turner and her husband and chief operations officer, Jeremy Locke, all of whom are named in the attorney general’s lawsuit, deny intentionally engaging in any wrongdoing.
—Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
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Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Trinidad’s government has endorsed the deployment, emphasizing its support for regional security while denying any involvement in efforts to unseat Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Ohtani has denied ever betting on sports and was not implicated.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Aerial Recovery, Turner and her husband and chief operations officer, Jeremy Locke, all of whom are named in the attorney general’s lawsuit, deny intentionally engaging in any wrongdoing.
—Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deny
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In their letter Tuesday, Smith's attorneys sought to refute a narrative stemming from a document released by the FBI on the eve of Attorney General Pam Bondi's appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this month.—
Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
21 Oct. 2025
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Like Dunbar’s speakers, Hughes’s dispossessed have no way out, and the poem implicitly refutes optimism regarding the Great Migration and racial progress.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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By refusing to specify details of the case, the government keeps the possibility alive of changing their reasoning or their claims to have the same effect for different reasons—just as the mob changes its reasoning for killing Cinna.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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If Taiwan refuses to capitulate in a quarantine or blockade, an invasion could follow.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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At that meeting, Buchanan's reappointment to a full five-year term on the housing authority's board was rejected in a 6-2 decision, with two city directors absent.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Oct. 2025
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Scholtes rejected a second-degree murder plea deal in March 2025 that would have resulted in a sentence of 10 to 25 years, according to previous reporting by The Arizona Republic.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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However, a new report from Fox NFL insider Jay Glazer directly contradicts Jones' comment while adding another star pass-rusher to the fray.—
Andrew McCarty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Michael Cohen, an attorney for California, said Huntington Beach’s voter ID policy contradicts state law, which says no governing body overseeing elections in the state, including charter cities, can require voter identification at voting centers.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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Contract options exercised for 4 The club exercised contract options on Stephen Afrifa, Zorhan Bassong, Jansen Miller and John Pulskamp, while declining options for Tim Leibold, Nemanja Radoja, Ryan Schewe, Shelton and Mason Toye.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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However, her cousin the followed up, and the OP wrote back declining the invite.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Everyone quoted in the book ultimately disavows those rumors, including Yetnikoff.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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This week in politics In the hours and days after a Politco exposé revealed the chair and vice chair of the Kansas Young Republicans sent bigoted messages in a group chat with members from three other states, Kansas GOP officials emphatically disavowed the hateful and violent rhetoric.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Deny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deny. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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