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
China is also ramping up its ability to target satellites, aimed at weakening or denying adversaries access to space, reported SCMP.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
The lawyer urged the court to deny Baldoni’s request for the late deposition.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
McNeil asked for coffee and was denied.
—Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025
Meta has denied wrongdoing, but agreed to the settlement to avoid the costs and risks of trial, and bring the matter to a quick conclusion.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
The lawyer urged the court to deny Baldoni’s request for the late deposition.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
McNeil asked for coffee and was denied.
—Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025
Meta has denied wrongdoing, but agreed to the settlement to avoid the costs and risks of trial, and bring the matter to a quick conclusion.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deny
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That backup has since grown into a hundreds-strong campaign to refute the DHS allegations, which supporters call a resurgence of anti-Muslim fearmongering that has persisted across party lines since the 9/11 attacks 24 years ago this month.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Days after the hearing, the leader of the Pentagon's office to investigate UFOs provided testimony of his own refuting some of the claims.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The search giant has refused to license content from news organizations and publishers, while other AI labs have done licensing deals.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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For Jordan, that battle has meant staying grounded in his faith and refusing to let the disease isolate him.—
Essence,
Essence,
11 Sep. 2025
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But Democrats have long conceded that the party needs a new vision after voters soundly rejected their presidential ticket last fall, and internal squabbles about the party’s future have spilled out into the public.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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China has rejected the accusation and accused the Philippines of damaging the coral reef ecosystem in the waterway instead.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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And not a single Democrat then contradicted them or criticized them.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Republican president insisted that his tough talk didn't contradict his fixation on being recognized for diplomatic efforts, saying peace must be made from a position of strength.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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Ross, one of the Democrats to decline AIPAC money, is a relative centrist, according to a GovTrack scorecard, while Foushee and McGarvey, Kentucky’s only House Democrat, are in the middle of the pack ideologically.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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That has declined over the years because of budget constraints.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Soviet security elite agreed to back an agreement, but only if the Americans disavowed defenses against strategic nuclear weapons as part of it.—
Celeste A. Wallander,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Justice Department has disavowed its role in his indictment, which led to a four-month stay in a minimum-security prison, but Navarro argued the department cannot disentangle itself from the charge that led to his imprisonment.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Deny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deny. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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