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Recent Examples of confute In Tory Nation, Samuel Earle discusses and frets morosely over this success, which has confuted so many hopes and indeed confident predictions on the left. Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New York Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2023 Vulnerable, uninformed wives have hardly been in a position to confute them. Justin Jones, Quartz India, 15 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confute
refute
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  • Further, research has not deeply examined Tylenol risks in young children, and many rigorous studies refute a link between vaccines and autism.
    Amy Maxmen, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The debunked claim that vaccines are tied to autism stems from a 1998 study by British gastroenterologist Andrew Wakefield in The Lancet, which has since been refuted by numerous studies.
    Chantelle Lee, Time, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Confute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confute. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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