as in refuting
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as in overturning
to prove to be false
theories which will eventually be confirmed or confuted by experience
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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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As with most things, men and women have received contradictory messaging about it.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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While official agency reports are often incomplete or internally contradictory, Grant Watch cross-references its data, flags discrepancies, and updates entries as new information becomes available.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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“Confuting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confuting. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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