as in incontrovertible
not capable of being challenged or proved wrong
the irrefutable reply of "Because I like it!"
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Recent Examples of irrefutable
In the days after my baby was born, everything that had once burned for me dimmed; it was replaced, instead, with the irrefutable brightness of him: my son, with his huge black eyes and his bread-and-milk smell, trying with every ounce of his will to lift his head off the floor.
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Julie Buntin, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The history of wellness suggests that the best way to defuse Kennedy’s power is not by litigating each one of his beliefs, some of which are irrefutable health truisms, but by understanding why the promise of being well has such lasting appeal.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
Eminem and 50 Cent are both irrefutable Hall Of Fame talents in rap with nothing left to accomplish.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Livingston’s children claimed that their father read them the poem as early as 1807, many years before it was ever published, but failed to ever provide irrefutable evidence.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Julie Buntin, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The history of wellness suggests that the best way to defuse Kennedy’s power is not by litigating each one of his beliefs, some of which are irrefutable health truisms, but by understanding why the promise of being well has such lasting appeal.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
Eminem and 50 Cent are both irrefutable Hall Of Fame talents in rap with nothing left to accomplish.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Livingston’s children claimed that their father read them the poem as early as 1807, many years before it was ever published, but failed to ever provide irrefutable evidence.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrefutable
Adjective
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These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
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Despite intersex invisibility in broader society, our incontrovertible existence demonstrates that Trump’s order is neither based in reality nor biology.—
Alicia Roth Weigel,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Villa’s firepower is indisputable and the risk of going all in in the recent transfer window required their marquee signings to produce.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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When more groups of people have a voice, the results are indisputable; better ideas, creative solutions to problems, and objectively better business outcomes.—
Laurel Donnellan,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Although Dugin’s obsession with Nazis is undeniable, there is surprisingly little antisemitism in his writing.—
James Verini,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2025
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Mercury in Scorpio If you were born with Mercury in Scorpio, your psychic antenna and detective mind are undeniable.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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In a new interview with Classic Rock, bassist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson discussed the band’s conclusive world tour, which coincided with drummer Neil Peart‘s failing health.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2025
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There’s simply not enough conclusive evidence to know precisely how these products influence cardiovascular health, Samantha Coogan, RDN, a nutrition sciences professor and director of the Didactic Program in Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, told Health.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Health,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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No matter where people stand on Schulz’s point of view on comedy, his mark on pop culture with his punch lines has become unquestionable.—
Nate Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2025
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But the evening’s unquestionable highlight featured Primer and Holland joining Guy, daughter Carlise and Guy’s band on stage, drawing the evening to a close shortly after midnight as Guy headed for the merch table.—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But the personal drama between them was incontestable.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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But for me, the main question isn’t necessarily the badness of the situation, which is incontestable.—
Sean Illing,
Vox,
15 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The Lakers have fired coach Darvin Ham after two seasons, both of which had some unarguable successes and both of which ended with the Lakers losing to Denver in the playoffs.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2024
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Here, however, is a simple, clear, and unarguable case for taking immediate action.—
Mustafa Suleyman,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2023
Adjective
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The DeSantis announcement is an indubitable win for Musk.—
Scott Nover,
Quartz,
24 May 2023
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There is all of a sudden one Way of Knowing which presents us with indubitable truths.—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
13 Dec. 2010
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“Irrefutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrefutable. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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