How to Use repudiate in a Sentence

repudiate

verb
  • He published an article that repudiates the study's claims.
  • She says she has evidence which repudiates the allegations.
  • He has publicly repudiated the government's policies.
  • Democrats claim to repudiate her for the campaign show.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The event began with the JIC repudiating Nielsen’s claims.
    Brad Adgate, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • The same day, the dean of the law school, Troy A. McKenzie, repudiated the student’s remarks.
    Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The latest to get the heave-ho is the most startling as Mr. Biden has repudiated his four-decade support for the Hyde Amendment.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 June 2019
  • For at least two reasons, the answer is: not until the voters repudiate him first.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019
  • In 2018, a lot of young voters turned out to repudiate then-President Trump.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
  • In recent days, the three carmakers have repudiated the work of the group, which folded last year.
    Jack Ewing, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2018
  • But Adams—like his rivals—could choose to repudiate any super PAC.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 9 June 2021
  • But anyone looking for GOP voters to repudiate Trump will have to keep looking a while longer.
    Byrick Klein, ABC News, 3 May 2022
  • The new board voted to repudiate those deals as void, prompting Disney to sue in federal court.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • In fact, Rolls-Royce didn't repudiate anything with the Silver Spirit.
    Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Mr Sharif hoped that voters would elect his wife to his old seat by a huge margin, thus repudiating the Supreme Court’s verdict.
    The Economist, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Trump refused to certify that Iran is in compliance with the deal, though didn’t repudiate the pact.
    Grant Smith, Bloomberg.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The Mormon church didn’t repudiate its past teachings on race until 2013.
    Emma Green, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Demands for artists who work with Rudin to publicly repudiate him mounted on social media in the days after the report.
    Peter Marks, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Whether this will be enough for Americans to repudiate Trump in November remains to be seen.
    Michael Greenberg, The New York Review of Books, 16 Apr. 2020
  • In some eyes Ian Khama’s moves repudiate his father’s legacy.
    The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Brazil’s Army chief shocked many by issuing a veiled warning repudiating impunity on the eve of the court hearing.
    Bloomberg.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • At last year’s meeting, Trump left early and repudiated the joint statement from Air Force One.
    Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2019
  • The system works marvelously, and the president shouldn’t repudiate his own role in helping to create it.
    Jon Soderstrom, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The courts should repudiate the idea of special deference more fully.
    Ilya Somin, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Venezuela could repudiate the petro during its next debt crisis.
    Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Dalian’s refusal to repudiate the past week’s price action in Southeast Asia should give iron ore bears (including this columnist) pause for thought.
    David Fickling | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2019
  • His party in 1896 turned to Bryan, who repudiated many of Cleveland’s policies.
    Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The plan aimed to get Trump loyalists in Congress to contest ballots from six swing states that Biden won and throw the election to the House, though claims of voter fraud were repudiated by state officials and the courts.
    Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • This was not a sign of moderation, however; those positions have been deleted but not repudiated.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 19 July 2024
  • Still, the apparent attempt to depose the sitting president appeared to lack any meaningful support, and even Arce's rivals closed ranks to defend democracy and repudiate the uprising.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 June 2024

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