rejection slip

collocation in English

meaningsofrejectionandslip

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rejection
noun
uk
/rɪˈdʒek.ʃən/us
/rɪˈdʒek.ʃən/
the act of refusing to accept, use, or believe someone ...
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slip
noun
uk
/slɪp/us
/slɪp/
a small piece ...
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(Definition ofrejectionandslipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrejection slip

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It would be less a referendum than arejectionslip—and rightly so.
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The editor writes the author arejectionslip, but because of the photographs, he also notifies the police where the author lives.
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This time there was norejectionslip.
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Traditionally, works would be submitted to publishers, where they would become part of the slushpile, and would either elicit an offer to buy (an acceptance letter) or arejectionslip.
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Not only have the first payments been made by the transitional protection unit, but the first rejection slips have been issued by that unit.
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Is he someone who receives money for his writing or someone who sends in articles only to get rejection slips from newspapers, or something else?
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He began submitting it to numerous science-fiction magazines but received rejection slips each time.
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When he sent them off to publishers, most came back with rejection slips.
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She made frequent submissions to literary magazines and collected many rejection slips.
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While off duty he starts writing proposed articles and submitting them to magazines, but he receives only rejection slips.
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During those years, she claimed she received over a thousand rejection slips for her short stories.
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