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as in denied
to declare not to be true
while he was publicly refuting rumors of a merger, behind the scenes the CEO was working to effect that very outcome
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as in discredited
to prove to be false
the victories of African-American athlete Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics effectively refuted the racial views of the Nazis
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Recent Examples of refuted
In a response to the allegations obtained by PEOPLE, Phypers refuted the claims made by Richards' lawyers.
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Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Through reps, Marr refuted Mozz’s claims.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Other organizations and scientists have refuted the DOE’s review, including the American Meteorological Society, which highlighted further flaws in the report and urged a correction of the findings by the agency.
—Connor Greene, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Both Kraft and Goodell have refuted the claim.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Department of Homeland Security refuted Othmane's claims about conditions inside the ICE facility.
—Nick Mordowanec
billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Vaccines as a cause of autism has been refuted by multiple scientific studies, and it is rejected as a cause by all leading scientific organizations.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
This claim has been refuted by Al-Jazeera and a number of other media orgs.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2025
Now companies are capitalizing on some of Kennedy’s favored dietary principles—including his assertion, which is refuted by most nutrition experts, that beef tallow is a healthy substitute for seed oils—by further overhauling the branding and recipes of their products.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2025
Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Through reps, Marr refuted Mozz’s claims.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Other organizations and scientists have refuted the DOE’s review, including the American Meteorological Society, which highlighted further flaws in the report and urged a correction of the findings by the agency.
—Connor Greene, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Both Kraft and Goodell have refuted the claim.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Department of Homeland Security refuted Othmane's claims about conditions inside the ICE facility.
—Nick Mordowanec
billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Vaccines as a cause of autism has been refuted by multiple scientific studies, and it is rejected as a cause by all leading scientific organizations.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
This claim has been refuted by Al-Jazeera and a number of other media orgs.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2025
Now companies are capitalizing on some of Kennedy’s favored dietary principles—including his assertion, which is refuted by most nutrition experts, that beef tallow is a healthy substitute for seed oils—by further overhauling the branding and recipes of their products.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refuted
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Comans, based in Louisiana, denied Khalil’s motion for a waiver preventing his removal from the country.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Andrew has denied Giuffre's allegations and expressed regret for his former friendship with Epstein.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Eventually, however, Lowell’s ideas were discredited—Schiaparelli, once an ally, renounced them—and the world moved on.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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By the end of the year, the cold fusion bubble had burst, the technology was discredited, and the concept relegated to bad spy fiction and conspiracy theories.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Aug. 2025
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She was discovered by a photographer in the lobby of a modeling agency that had just rejected her.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Sep. 2025
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Neither Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin nor the camp representing star forward Kirill Kaprizov are saying much after the team’s potentially history-making first contract offer was reportedly rejected.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Will cop’s conviction be overturned?—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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Medicare Advantage data published by KFF in January found that nearly 82% of prior authorization denials from 2019 through 2023 were partially or fully overturned upon appeal.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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But this stereotype is contradicted by the research, which shows that coming from a low-income family actually increases the risk of developing these illnesses.—
Oona Hanson,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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Holmes likewise discredited the MS-13 accusation, for which prosecutors relied on the testimony of coöperating witnesses who either contradicted one another or were otherwise unreliable.—
Cristian Farias,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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The earliest climate models made specific forecasts about global warming decades before those forecasts could be proved or disproved.—
Nadir Jeevanjee,
The Conversation,
3 Sep. 2025
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None of this has been disproved, of course.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
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Starmer could have rebutted this, pointing to the Conservatives’ vastly more numerous 121 seats.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Biden White House at the time rebutted all concerns, yet the former president’s health while in office remains the object of congressional scrutiny, particularly after he was diagnosed with aggressive cancer shortly after ceding the presidency to Trump in January.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Aug. 2025
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LaFleur challenged a 37-yard pass to Malik Heath that was initially ruled incomplete.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Research conducted at Zvejnieki has often challenged longheld assumptions about gender roles in prehistoric Europe.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Refuted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refuted. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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