Examples of disproof in a Sentence
the DNA evidence was all the disproof needed to overturn the wrongful conviction
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The disproof of the telescope conjecture is like that.
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Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
Mistaking a cold snap for disproof of climate change is like mistaking a bad month for Apple stock for proof that Apple isn’t a good long-term investment.
—Jeremy P. Shapiro, The Conversation, 2 May 2023
Innovation is faster and more common when the global pool of scientific talent is engaged and can exchange ideas and share proof, or disproof, of concepts.
—Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 17 Mar. 2022
From a scientific standpoint, these claims of disproof are absurd.
—Jeremy P. Shapiro, The Conversation, 2 May 2023
And this fact leads to the final reason to resent deception, which is that voters do not accept being lied to unnecessarily – nor about matters subject to easy empirical proof or disproof.
—Michael Blake, The Conversation, 20 Jan. 2023
Born 18 years earlier than Chesterton, Shaw outlived him by another 16, his life encompassing both world wars, unprecedented destruction, and the fundamental disproof of his early progressivism and cosmopolitanism.
—M. D. Aeschliman, National Review, 5 Dec. 2020
What about the disproof—the later findings that the bubbles linger in the knuckle after the crack?
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 Mar. 2018
But the insight is right on: A grandiose sense of victimhood, inflamed by epic fantasies and impervious to rational disproof, is one of the best tools there is for victimizing others.
—Will Heinrich, Roberta Smith and Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 18 May 2017
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Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
Mistaking a cold snap for disproof of climate change is like mistaking a bad month for Apple stock for proof that Apple isn’t a good long-term investment.
—Jeremy P. Shapiro, The Conversation, 2 May 2023
Innovation is faster and more common when the global pool of scientific talent is engaged and can exchange ideas and share proof, or disproof, of concepts.
—Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 17 Mar. 2022
From a scientific standpoint, these claims of disproof are absurd.
—Jeremy P. Shapiro, The Conversation, 2 May 2023
And this fact leads to the final reason to resent deception, which is that voters do not accept being lied to unnecessarily – nor about matters subject to easy empirical proof or disproof.
—Michael Blake, The Conversation, 20 Jan. 2023
Born 18 years earlier than Chesterton, Shaw outlived him by another 16, his life encompassing both world wars, unprecedented destruction, and the fundamental disproof of his early progressivism and cosmopolitanism.
—M. D. Aeschliman, National Review, 5 Dec. 2020
What about the disproof—the later findings that the bubbles linger in the knuckle after the crack?
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 Mar. 2018
But the insight is right on: A grandiose sense of victimhood, inflamed by epic fantasies and impervious to rational disproof, is one of the best tools there is for victimizing others.
—Will Heinrich, Roberta Smith and Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 18 May 2017
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“Disproof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disproof. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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disproof
noun
dis·proof
(ˈ)dis-ˈprüf 
1
: the action of disproving
2
: evidence that disproves
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