How to Use repudiation in a Sentence

repudiation

noun
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  • New Year's resolutions typically include the repudiation of chocolate and other indulgences and the promise to resume working out at the gym.
  • The end of the mandate is not a repudiation of the vaccine for children.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2023
  • The mere thought of hot dogs and nachos brings swift repudiation from Varon Brown.
    — Freep.com, 11 Apr. 2021
  • How much more of a repudiation to that statement could this scene be?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 May 2021
  • But some at the network saw Licht’s mandate for change as a repudiation of their past work.
    — David Bauder, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2023
  • But a repudiation of Trump may not be the best way for the GOP to transition to new leadership.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2021
  • It’s stunning, and a repudiation of the notion that aero now forces such cars to look generic.
    — Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Her comment stopped short of a full-fledged repudiation of her own vote.
    — Linda Greenhouse, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • But the Seahawks’ repudiation of the NFL’s passing boom hasn’t caused them to flounder as the rest of the league mounts an aerial assault.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2018
  • That said, the result is not a clear repudiation of the CDU’s mainstream policies.
    — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The court’s ruling amounts to a repudiation of the agreement, both the opposition and the United States have claimed.
    — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • There should be a loud public call for a complete repudiation of the Mercers.
    — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 10 Oct. 2017
  • His philosophy appears in many ways to be a repudiation of the populist rhetoric that helped Trump win the White House.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 31 May 2017
  • In fact, the election was a repudiation of the main parties, both of which are tainted by corruption.
    — The Economist, 8 Mar. 2018
  • None of this is to say that the repudiation of the 2020 election was insignificant or didn’t happen.
    — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The project would in many ways be a repudiation of prior efforts to adapt D&D for the screen — but that doesn’t mean the brand has completely shed its history.
    — Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The song is a repudiation of the cowboy culture that Tod saw taking over Nashville.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Some have noted the film is a very expensive punchline, a repudiation of the very audiences who showed up for the first film.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
  • But some at the network saw the way that change was communicated as a repudiation of their past work.
    — David Bauder, ajc, 7 June 2023
  • While those opposed to the move see the bill’s passage as a repudiation of Hideout’s tactics, the town is still moving forward with a last-ditch effort to get the land.
    — Taylor Stevens, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2020
  • His remarks amounted to a repudiation of Corker’s work as well as of Dodd’s.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The only way to affect change was to change my father’s repudiation of his son, and the counselors doubted that would happen.
    — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • One member of that caucus, state Rep. Leslie Herod, said that these endorsements do not amount to a repudiation of Williams.
    — Alex Burness, The Denver Post, 19 Nov. 2019
  • This is the best way to understand the Resistance: as a repudiation not just of Trump, but of the Democratic Party.
    — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 11 May 2017
  • His recent vote in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case marked a step back from that legacy, though not a total repudiation of it.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 27 June 2018
  • The court could opt for the direct repudiation of Roe --perhaps in a single decision or a series of rulings.
    — Mary Ziegler, CNN, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Truthfully, even a Vance loss would most likely not have been a repudiation of Trump.
    — Byrick Klein, ABC News, 3 May 2022
  • The new right is not an evolution of conservatism, but a repudiation of it.
    — The Economist, 4 July 2019
  • This led into Lananna's election, a clear repudiation of the way the board had been doing business.
    — OregonLive.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Kamala Harris's election night loss is by no means a repudiation of the concept of Black Girl Magic.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024

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