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as in denied
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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as in discredited
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 refuted
In a response to the allegations obtained by PEOPLE, Phypers refuted the claims made by Richards' lawyers.
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Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Through reps, Marr refuted Mozz’s claims.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Other organizations and scientists have refuted the DOE’s review, including the American Meteorological Society, which highlighted further flaws in the report and urged a correction of the findings by the agency.
—Connor Greene, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Both Kraft and Goodell have refuted the claim.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Department of Homeland Security refuted Othmane's claims about conditions inside the ICE facility.
—Nick Mordowanec
billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Vaccines as a cause of autism has been refuted by multiple scientific studies, and it is rejected as a cause by all leading scientific organizations.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
This claim has been refuted by Al-Jazeera and a number of other media orgs.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2025
Now companies are capitalizing on some of Kennedy’s favored dietary principles—including his assertion, which is refuted by most nutrition experts, that beef tallow is a healthy substitute for seed oils—by further overhauling the branding and recipes of their products.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2025
Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Through reps, Marr refuted Mozz’s claims.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Other organizations and scientists have refuted the DOE’s review, including the American Meteorological Society, which highlighted further flaws in the report and urged a correction of the findings by the agency.
—Connor Greene, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Both Kraft and Goodell have refuted the claim.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Department of Homeland Security refuted Othmane's claims about conditions inside the ICE facility.
—Nick Mordowanec
billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Vaccines as a cause of autism has been refuted by multiple scientific studies, and it is rejected as a cause by all leading scientific organizations.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
This claim has been refuted by Al-Jazeera and a number of other media orgs.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2025
Now companies are capitalizing on some of Kennedy’s favored dietary principles—including his assertion, which is refuted by most nutrition experts, that beef tallow is a healthy substitute for seed oils—by further overhauling the branding and recipes of their products.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refuted
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Her lawsuit denied the charges but did not provide more details.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
10 Sep. 2025
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The doctor spent more than 1,300 days incarcerated while repeatedly denied bail.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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Eventually, however, Lowell’s ideas were discredited—Schiaparelli, once an ally, renounced them—and the world moved on.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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By the end of the year, the cold fusion bubble had burst, the technology was discredited, and the concept relegated to bad spy fiction and conspiracy theories.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Aug. 2025
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The club rejected her for lack of record.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Combine uneven play with 11 penalties and that’s a cocktail even the Florida student section nauseously rejected.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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After being sentenced to 10 years in prison and spending some time behind bars — plus enduring a lengthy trial — Tortora’s conviction was eventually fully overturned by Italy’s Supreme Court in 1987 amid widespread belief that the TV host had been the victim of corrupt judges and prosecutors.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Court, without explanation, overturned a lower court ruling that found immigration agents engaged in racial profiling on the streets of Los Angeles.—
Steve Inskeep,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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And not a single Democrat then contradicted them or criticized them.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Blood spatter on the hood outside the car contradicted Buford Pusser’s statements.—
Audrey McAvoy,
Twin Cities,
31 Aug. 2025
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The earliest climate models made specific forecasts about global warming decades before those forecasts could be proved or disproved.—
Nadir Jeevanjee,
The Conversation,
3 Sep. 2025
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None of this has been disproved, of course.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
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Starmer could have rebutted this, pointing to the Conservatives’ vastly more numerous 121 seats.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Biden White House at the time rebutted all concerns, yet the former president’s health while in office remains the object of congressional scrutiny, particularly after he was diagnosed with aggressive cancer shortly after ceding the presidency to Trump in January.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Aug. 2025
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LaFleur challenged a 37-yard pass to Malik Heath that was initially ruled incomplete.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Research conducted at Zvejnieki has often challenged longheld assumptions about gender roles in prehistoric Europe.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Refuted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refuted. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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