Sentence examples for rejecting the term from inspiring English sources

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Instead of rejecting the term populist, we should reclaim it.

Conservatives are indignantly rejecting the term "Episcopal" and calling themselves "Anglicans".

"Rejecting the term 'feminist' is a political decision," Wong said, in the Sydney lecture to commemorate the achievements of suffragette and feminist Jessie Street.

Yet the Gospels present Jesus rejecting the term messiah, possibly because of its political implications either for him or for the Evangelists in favour of other eschatological titles (e.g., the "Son of Man").

In her speech on Friday to the Jessie Street Trust, Penny Wong was absolutely correct in her assertion that "rejecting the term 'feminist' is a political decision" - because modern popular feminism is an entirely political movement.

"By rejecting the term and using 'refugee' instead as a means of arousing the empathy and compassion we should be feeling towards these people, Al Jazeera gives credence to the illiberal voices telling us that migrants are not worthy of our compassion," Vonberg writes.

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By rejecting the terms of the bailout, the Cypriot parliamentarians have effectively called the bluff of Germany, Europe's dominant power, which insisted on imposing harsh terms.

The Greek government insisted on Tuesday the ballot meant Athens remained at the negotiating table, while rejecting the terms on offer.

(Incidentally, despite being broken into separate documents, it's all-or-nothing when it comes to agreeing or rejecting the terms).

"I reject the term.

Mr. Jackson rejects the term "director's cut".

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