as in rejected
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
fiercely independent, the elderly couple spurned all offers of financial help
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Recent Examples of spurned
Trump has spurned the sort of global influence that required the appearance of fairness.
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
But the deal with Netflix came after WBD spurned David Ellison’s Paramount, which had been pursuing a merger since the late summer.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
Its traditional ethos goes back to 1948, when it was founded by former Navy pilot Roland Palmedo, who famously spurned commercial interests.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
Braddy’s motive, investigators say, was that he was spurned by Shandelle, who had repeatedly rejected his advances.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
The Slim-Fast concept sprang from a 1970s diet craze that spurned solid food in favor of high-protein shakes.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
District Attorney Summer Stephan reminded the crowd that San Diego is not free of its own tragedies spurned by antisemitic hate and bigotry, including instances of hateful graffiti vandalizing a synagogue and destruction of a menorah at The Chabad House at San Diego State University.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
Several firms have in recent weeks announced plans to significantly trim their headcounts, spurned by company-specific factors, but against the backdrop of an increasingly precarious economic situation and the rise of automation and artificial intelligence.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Martine, spurned after being betrayed by Jonah, decides to help Tony and Ziva.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spurned
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a liberal Democrat with a pragmatist bent, instantly rejected the suggestion that Mamdani represented the new face of the Democratic Party.—
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Demonstrators argued that taxpayer money should not be used to harm or kill innocent people and rejected claims that the killing of Good was an act of self-defense.—
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Google, Meta, Microsoft’s LinkedIn, and Elon Musk’s X have all delayed, adjusted, or flat-out refused to launch AI products because of the bloc’s laws.—
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And the defense refused to yield.—
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Since the mandate, neural tube defects have dramatically declined in almost every single ethnic population except for Latinos, according to Jaffery.—
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Wiener declined to answer the question in either direction.—
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Even humble fiber, often ignored in favor of flashy nutrients, plays a massive role.—
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The Legislature should also consider the fact that Florida’s public integrity laws are all too frequently ignored.—
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“Spurned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spurned. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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