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these are hard scientific facts against which there can be no reasonable refutation
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Is the month-long surge in Treasury yields a confirmation, a refutation, or a threat, to the prevailing soft-economic-landing outlook?
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
That was interpreted, understandably, as a refutation of the company’s recent push toward more diverse characters and creators.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
That was interpreted, understandably, as a refutation of the company’s recent push toward more diverse characters and creators.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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
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“Refutation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refutation. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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refutation
noun
ref·u·ta·tion
ˌref-yu̇-ˈtā-shən 
: the act or process of refuting : disproof
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