But the panel essentially rejected that argument.

Tonight, the Mets were beaten by a player they essentially rejected - Gary Sheffield, who asked the Dodgers to trade him to New York this spring.

Two civil trials in 2011, however, essentially rejected AEP's claims that rupture discs and a third party contractor were to blame.

This leaves Willow feeling hurt, with her amulet essentially rejected.

Hilary Putnam responds to Smart's response by essentially rejecting functionalism because, he believes, it is indeed a second-order type identity theory.

Instead of rejecting all such views, I found myself essentially rejecting none.

Multiculturalism - the ideology that promotes the coexistence of separate but equal cultures - essentially rejects assimilation and considers the melting-pot concept an unwelcome imposition of the dominant culture.

This is a turnaround for the two institutions, which essentially rejected the notion of granting 100 percent debt relief three years ago on the grounds that such a policy would be inequitable.

Indeed, Jaszlinszky essentially rejected the Ptolemaic approach.

Mayor David N. Dinkins, calling the conditions "not helpful," essentially rejected the offer.