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The phrase 'has been flatly' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to indicate that someone has adamantly or firmly refused a proposal or idea. For example: "The mayor has flatly rejected the new tax proposal."
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But this notion has been flatly rejected by our precedents.
It's an allegation that has been flatly denied by the Kremlin.
That has been flatly rejected by the UK and the US.
This has been flatly rejected in the past by G77 countries (an umbrella group of 130 developing nations) who have long mistrusted the bank, saying it is institutionally biased against poor countries.
In Ms. McCabe's 15 years as an ambassador of the deuce, she has been flatly rejected at a bowling alley on Staten Island, was told to pay with something else at a bar in the East Village and is constantly solicited by people who want to buy her bills.
"Our offer has been flatly rejected or ignored," a statement released by the group said.
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His proposals have been flatly rejected by unionists.
Previously, requests for commercial use of the monuments have been flatly rejected by the council.
And the Republicans who control both chambers in Richmond have been flatly opposed to bans on personal use, arguing that restrictions would trip up even honest public servants.
Recent Palestinian attempts, for example, to use the ICC to expose illegal Israeli settler actions in the occupied territories have been flatly rejected by Israel's government.
However, suggestions that Catt became so disenchanted during one meeting that he stomped out in a blind fury and indicated that he would not be returning in a hurry have been flatly denied, not least by the man himself.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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