as in overturning
to prove to be false
theories which will eventually be confirmed or confuted by experience
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as in refuting
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Verb
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Hall ended up refuting his own hypothesis.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025 -
Two people aim to jointly and with intensity deliberate with each other, testing each other, refuting each other at times, and otherwise pursuing an in-depth cross-examining dialogue.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Even today, an explicit declaration of victory would seem shortsighted in the face of economic data that has presented steady stream of contradictory signals and warning signs that in many ways mirror the disorienting nature of a trade policy without modern historical precedent.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
31 July 2025
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Even determining the primary cancer site or tumor grade can involve navigating contradictory information scattered across different documents.—
David Talby,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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“Confuting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confuting. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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