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desk rejections

desk rejections is the plural of desk rejection.

Meaning of desk rejection

Noun

desk rejection (plural desk rejections)

  1. the rejection of a submission to a journal, magazine, etc., without placing the submission under peer review.
    • This type of desk rejection prompts some complaints (such as “I paid for those reviews with my submission fee”), but when it is appropriate, a desk rejection is also the kind thing to do.2014, Michael Szenberg, Lall Ramrattan, Secrets of Economics Editors, page 56

Questions about desk rejections

What is desk rejections the plural of?
Desk rejections is the plural of desk rejection.

Words near desk rejections in the dictionary

  1. desk pilots
  2. desk potato
  3. desk potatoes
  4. desk rage
  5. desk rejection
  6. desk rejections
  7. desk sergeant
  8. desk sergeants
  9. desk tidies
  10. desk tidy
  11. desk work

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