refuted; refuting
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Examples of refute in a Sentence
But for every study that shows acid rain is damaging frogs, another one refutes it.
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Emily Yoffe, New York Times Magazine, 13 Dec. 1992
And it violates the basic tenet of historical method: that the historian be alert to the negative instances that would refute his thesis and to alternative explanations that would be more plausible than his own.
—Gertrude Himmelfarb, The New History and the Old, 1987
It is not necessary to refute such an argument point by point …
—Denis Goulet, Center Magazine, May 1969
We refute these aspersions whether they come from our best friends or our worst foes.
—Sir Winston Churchill, address in House of Commons, 18 Jan. 1945,
in Nathan Aus, ed., Voices of History 1945–46, 1946
The lawyer refuted the testimony of the witness.
He refutes the notion that he's planning to retire soon.
She refuted the allegations against her.
Emily Yoffe, New York Times Magazine, 13 Dec. 1992
And it violates the basic tenet of historical method: that the historian be alert to the negative instances that would refute his thesis and to alternative explanations that would be more plausible than his own.
—Gertrude Himmelfarb, The New History and the Old, 1987
It is not necessary to refute such an argument point by point …
—Denis Goulet, Center Magazine, May 1969
We refute these aspersions whether they come from our best friends or our worst foes.
—Sir Winston Churchill, address in House of Commons, 18 Jan. 1945,
in Nathan Aus, ed., Voices of History 1945–46, 1946
The lawyer refuted the testimony of the witness.
He refutes the notion that he's planning to retire soon.
She refuted the allegations against her.
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The Arizona Secretary of State has refuted the video’s claim.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The Arizona secretary of state has refuted these claims as false.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
The Georgia Secretary of State has already refuted the video's claims as false.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
The other side: Democrats have spent nearly $9 million to refute the GOP attacks or hit back at Republican opposition to broader LGBTQ rights.
—Stephen Neukam, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The Arizona secretary of state has refuted these claims as false.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
The Georgia Secretary of State has already refuted the video's claims as false.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
The other side: Democrats have spent nearly $9 million to refute the GOP attacks or hit back at Republican opposition to broader LGBTQ rights.
—Stephen Neukam, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Refute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refute. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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refute
verb
re·fute
ri-ˈfyüt 
refuted; refuting
: to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false
refute the testimony of a witness
refuter
noun
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