1
as in denying
to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility
the prisoner disclaimed any part in the prank
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2
as in refuting
to declare not to be true
her spokesperson flatly disclaimed the marriage rumor circulating in the press
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Could a fraud detection system recognize that a customer is on vacation before mistakenly denying their international transactions?—
Ed Macosky,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025 -
Initially denying any drug use, Estrada later admitted to smoking a vape pen and voluntarily handed it over to investigators.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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On Friday, Swift’s lawyer stepped into the fray to set the record straight, refuting the claim that his client had agreed to answer questions under oath.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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Days after the hearing, the leader of the Pentagon's office to investigate UFOs provided testimony of his own refuting some of the claims.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The rest of the indictment remains, with the judge refusing to dismiss another second-degree murder charge, to which Mangione has pleaded not guilty.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
20 Sep. 2025
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Ignoring the rule of law and refusing to provide evidence or due process makes this an execution.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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Tesla's world class at rejecting how things were done previously.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The roughly 3,200 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 837 went on strike on August 4 after rejecting the company’s previous offer.—
Reuters 20 min ago,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Disclaiming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disclaiming. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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