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The phrase "ads were rejected" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the outcome of a review process for advertisements, indicating that they did not meet certain criteria.
Example: "After careful evaluation, we found that several ads were rejected due to non-compliance with our advertising standards."
Alternatives: "advertisements were declined" or "ads were disapproved."
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He said that potential ads were rejected all the time.
The ads were rejected shortly after they were presented to the W.W.F., Mr. Byrne said, as is common practice in television, even if contracts had been signed.
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The ad was rejected yet again for violating Ad Guidelines.
The group whose pro-Israel ad was rejected had sought to run it on about 318 city buses for four weeks, at a cost of about $25,000, the judge noted.
So to allow an individual whose advocacy ad was rejected by all networks to be the sole commentator on MTV's programming content without any context or another point of view is simply unfair.
Although Wes Boyd, a founder of MoveOn.org, told The Associated Press that he had no evidence that the ad was rejected because it was anti-Bush, he said, "I worry that it's about ideology".
For instance, Fox regularly buys print advertising for themselves in newspapers and trade publications, yet I've never heard of a Fox ad being rejected because readers might confuse the network with actual news (they act more like a PAC nowadays).
We were rejected several times.
Those, those offers were rejected".
Their appeals were rejected.
Only four were rejected.
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