The widespread rejection of local budgets this year was seen by many as a reaction to a rising state budget that citizens never vote on.

Heilmann more than anyone else was responsible for a widespread rejection of the dinosaur-bird link.

This met with strong and widespread rejection, even ridicule - as a "grand absurdity" - by Lord Brougham.

Once the war is ended and passions begin to subside, that thinking goes, there will be a widespread rejection of nationalism.

In fact, the worst outcome might be a passage of the draft despite widespread rejection by Sunni voters.

The constructivist movement has led to the widespread rejection of textbooks, in favor of exercises using blocks, beans and other materials.

The Governor all but applauded a widespread rejection of school budgets last month, saying voters must force local governments to control costs.

But, Joseph Greenberg's 1950 work led finally to the widespread scholarly rejection of "Hamitic" as a language category.

Outside USA, there is widespread rejection of any methodology based on anything similar to Blumenbach's races.

After two years of widespread rejection, the "yes" vote prevailed again on the Island, which had traditionally supported its school budgets.