counterexample
noun
coun·ter·ex·am·ple
ˈkau̇n-tər-ig-ˌzam-pəl 
: an example that refutes or disproves a proposition or theory
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Desert Storm: Airpower Was Decisive Pundits who dismiss airpower’s effectiveness often ignore perhaps the clearest counterexample—Operation Desert Storm (1991).
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David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Around the world, there is not one clear counterexample — of a country that has accepted large numbers of newcomers while marginalizing the far right and reducing inequality.
—Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
For starters, there’s the glaring counterexample in Cleveland.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Accordingly, he was described by abolitionists in his time as a living counterexample to claims by supporters of slavery that enslaved people lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens.
—New Atlas, 7 June 2025
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David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Around the world, there is not one clear counterexample — of a country that has accepted large numbers of newcomers while marginalizing the far right and reducing inequality.
—Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
For starters, there’s the glaring counterexample in Cleveland.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Accordingly, he was described by abolitionists in his time as a living counterexample to claims by supporters of slavery that enslaved people lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens.
—New Atlas, 7 June 2025
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“Counterexample.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterexample. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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