REFUSALS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

refusals

noun

plural of refusal

as in rejections

an unwillingness to grant something asked for his flat refusal of our reasonable request was rather startling

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Recent Examples of refusals In nearly all of the Thailand and Cambodia refusals, the model’s reasoning invoked criminal restrictions or lèse-majesté laws. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026 Sol, but it's designed to improve capabilities and reduce refusals on certain specialized cybersecurity tasks. — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026 Some shared their own workarounds for the AI’s refusals — which included just using another model, like Claude or Gemini. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 July 2026 The models ran with reduced cyber refusals, and the evaluation omitted the production classifiers that normally block high-risk cyber activity. — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Despite president Florentino Perez and general manager Jose Angel Sanchez’s refusals to sign him in recent months, this change of heart among Madrid’s key figures was something the supporters had been calling for. — David Ornstein, New York Times, 24 July 2026 The models were tested with reduced cyber refusals, allowing researchers to measure their maximum capabilities without the production safeguards normally designed to block high-risk cyber activity. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026 The performance lives in tiny hesitations, fleeting glances and emotional refusals. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026 The Iraqi News Agency also reported that officials had denied the claim, citing the Iraqi Football Association as saying reports of visa refusals were inaccurate. — Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026

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Every new hiring manager goes through mandatory shadowing to learn interviewing, selling the company and role, critically evaluating candidates and giving rejections.

— Forbes Business Council, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Pharmaceutical companies will be looking for changes at the agency, too, after rejections or reversals of biotech drugs intended for rare diseases.

— Matthew Perrone, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

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