as in overturning
to prove to be false
theories which will eventually be confirmed or confuted by experience
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as in refuting
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Verb
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The film spends the next hour and 50 minutes refuting that idea.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025 -
Michaels took to her Instagram days after the release of Fit for TV to post a series of screenshots of text chains, email threads, and other pieces of documentation refuting or otherwise complicating each claim leveled at her.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The response from Putin, coming almost 24 hours after the US sanctions announcement, was somewhat contradictory.—
Clare Sebastian,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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The people—the Americans—whose stories are told across ’s 12 hours were as complex and contradictory as anyone alive today.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Confuting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confuting. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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