Since what I loved most was researching and writing articles that could help people better understand science and medicine, I stayed focused on my goals and declined opportunities to move up in the organization by becoming an editor.
During intermittent periods of freedom, she declined opportunities to go abroad for fear she would not be allowed to re-enter Myanmar and so did not visit her British husband, Michael Aris, before he died in 1999.
For years, amfAR had declined opportunities to split auction revenue ― now, it was accepting a third.
Trump repeatedly praised Putin and Russia during and after the 2016 campaign, and declined opportunities to criticize the Russian leader and his government for human rights abuses and military actions in Syria and the Ukranian territory of Crimea.
Declaring his company "the Robin Hood for the Unix marketplace," Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik claims that the Dell deal "sounds a bell for the declining opportunity for Unix".
Adolescent delay is a game of chicken: there's only so long you can stave off family life until you reach a cliff of declining opportunity.
Declining opportunity and a shrinking middle class means that no one has the money to buy anything.
Nor was he alone in declining opportunities to speak to constituents.
Just as resolutely as he avoids children, Jay declines opportunities to perform for other magicians.
In addition to making specific allegations against Hearst, her lawsuit faults unpaid internships in general for a whole host of evils, including declining opportunities for paid employment.
At Monday's debate in Tampa, Fla., it was Mr. Gingrich who pulled his punches, adopting a subdued approach and declining opportunities to attack the other candidates.
