1
as in to deny
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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2
as in to discredit
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 refute
Cento refuted the claims made in the complaint and will seek dismissal of the lawsuit in court, a company spokesperson told The Times on Monday.
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Itzel Luna, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
However, when the deadline passed on May 1, the administration refuted the need, with Hegseth citing the clock stopping with the ceasefire.
—CBS News, 12 May 2026
Cento refuted the claims made in the complaint and will seek dismissal of the lawsuit in court, a company spokesperson told The Times on Monday.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
China has routinely refuted interference, espionage, and theft accusations.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 12 May 2026
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Itzel Luna, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
However, when the deadline passed on May 1, the administration refuted the need, with Hegseth citing the clock stopping with the ceasefire.
—CBS News, 12 May 2026
Cento refuted the claims made in the complaint and will seek dismissal of the lawsuit in court, a company spokesperson told The Times on Monday.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
China has routinely refuted interference, espionage, and theft accusations.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refute
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Rivas led a recent charge to deny the renewal of Gabriella Charter School, which uses a substantial portion of the Echo Park campus where the district operates Logan Academy for Global Ecology.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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On Friday, Musk also denied a Bloomberg report that SpaceX valuation was lowered on Friday, reaffirming that the rocket and satellite company will have a blockbuster IPO and comfortably dominate against other historic IPO deals.—
Ananya Chetia,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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Stories that discredit Israel’s enemies, such as about Hamas’s crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, are reported grudgingly, if at all.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Orbán’s rule was marked by a sprawling media ecosystem, which for years served as a loyal mouthpiece for his Fidesz party while discrediting, defaming and intimidating his opponents.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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The court rejected Florida’s complaint that those states allow undocumented immigrants who lack training and are not proficient in English to drive commercial trucks.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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Earlier this year, YouTube content creator Markiplier self-distributed his horror movie Iron Lung after numerous studios and distributors had rejected the project.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
26 May 2026
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Still, experts note that memory disorders can be difficult to definitively verify or disprove.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
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Specifically, OpenAI said in an announcement published on its website that its models disproved a central conjecture in an area of discrete geometry tied to Paul Erdős’s planar unit distance problem, a famously stubborn question first posed in 1946.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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According to experts, such universes contradict the laws of physics.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
23 May 2026
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Moreover, many insects have been observed fluttering around ultraviolet lamps and other light sources that emit low quantities of heat, as well as seeking out light sources when the ambient temperature is high, contradicting the premise of the thermal radiation theory.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 May 2026
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But the convictions were recently overturned, leading to the legal scion’s return to court.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
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The White House is suing to overturn the ban.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
22 May 2026
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Still, none of the brands offered sourcing price data to rebut the report’s central argument.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
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While the government bore the responsibility to rebut the presumption of vindictiveness, prosecutors did not call as a witness the person who reopened the case, to explain why.—
Travis Loller,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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Spurs have done a lot of the groundwork on deals for free agents Marcos Senesi and Andy Robertson, but De Zerbi wanted to wait until after the season had finished before discussing other transfer plans.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Kirby Smart didn’t mince words when discussing this preferences and questions about the football postseason while appearing at the SEC Spring Meetings on Tuesday.—
Mike Griffith,
AJC.com,
27 May 2026
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“Refute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refute. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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