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Examples of refutation in a Sentence
these are hard scientific facts against which there can be no reasonable refutation
Recent Examples on the Web
Image Told in an subsequent interview of the Coast Guard refutation, Dr. McLaren speculated on the fraud’s motive.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 10 June 2024
By this point, there’s no need to rehash its difficult production: What matters is what’s on the screen, a tale of how a wayward son (Al Pacino) discovers that his mild refutations of his family’s dark business are ultimately just talk.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
The last year has been not a refutation of a world of rivalry, great-power competition, or spheres of influence, as some have described it, but rather a demonstration of what all these look like in practice.
—Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2023
Despite the different approach between TRCs and the traditional victims’ rights movement, TRC staff and supporters see the centers as not a refutation, but an evolution.
—Allen Arthur, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1536, in the meaning defined above
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“Refutation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refutation. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
refutation
noun
ref·u·ta·tion
ˌref-yu̇-ˈtā-shən
: the act or process of refuting : disproof
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