How to Use debunk in a Sentence

debunk

verb

• The results of the study debunk his theory.
• The article debunks the notion that life exists on Mars.
• But this video has been debunked.
  — Layla Ferris, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
• Many of their claims have been debunked.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
• Sure enough, there’s a very easy way to debunk that claim.
  — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
• But that figure was debunked over a decade ago.
  — Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• Even when a hoax is debunked, the damage lingers.
  — Philip Jankowski, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
• Davis debunked them all and proposed a fourth.
  — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
• While some pillows can trap heat, this one is here to debunk the myth.
  — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 16 May 2025
• Swift’s fans were quick to point out that rumor has been debunked.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026
• The whole Russia dossier has been debunked.
  — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 19 Jan. 2026
• Hyman debunked the myth that drinking can be good for heart health.
  — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Jan. 2026
• All those actions, at some point in time, will debunk the kind of rhetoric that has been out there.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
• Monique, 39, came out to set the record straight and debunk the rumors.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 17 Oct. 2022
• Here's why that myth is easily debunked.
  — Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
• Dobbs later aired an episode of his program debunking many of the false claims.
  — ABC News, 18 July 2024
• The claims were debunked by official sources.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 6 Sep. 2025
• Much of the early research has also been debunked over time.
  — Rebecca Ramirez, NPR, 10 Mar. 2026
• More than twenty years ago, a group of Italian men set out to debunk that idea.
  — Ceridwen Dovey, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2019
• The claim became so widespread that fact-checkers worked to debunk it.
  — New York Times, 28 Jan. 2022
• Now, that first point, about the danger of allowing in refugees, has been long debunked.
  — Jack Moore, GQ, 19 Sep. 2017
• This was unbelievable at the time, and has now been debunked by the latest files.
  — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
• Giles said there is still work to do to debunk fears surrounding the ordinance.
  — Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2021
• Cobb police and Cobb Schools police were able to debunk the threat.
  — Asia Simone Burns, ajc, 11 Dec. 2021
• The ‘new manager bounce’ might have been debunked, but both men are doing their best to keep the myth alive.
  — Mark Carey, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
• This is one of the most critical details in debunking the claim.
  — Ryan Brennan april 1, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
• Modern-day versions are here to debunk the mindset that mousses should be a thing of the past.
  — Wendy Sy, Allure, 23 Apr. 2021
• When agents ran down the tips, they were easily debunked, according to the court records.
  — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 3 May 2024
• No such messages exist, and the story of the baby in the trashcan has been debunked.
  — Seyward Darby, Longreads, 29 Feb. 2024
• Yet research has thoroughly debunked this idea.
  — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025