1
as in refuted
to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another)
no matter what I say, you always have to contradict me
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2
as in denied
to declare not to be true
his account contradicted the story that they had gotten earlier
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Recent Examples of contradicted
While troops were provided training materials on activities barred by the Posse Comitatus Act, Breyer said orders from military leadership contradicted those guidelines.
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Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Blood spatter on the hood outside the car contradicted Buford Pusser’s statements.
—Audrey McAvoy, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Kennedy has tried to advance anti-vaccine policies that are contradicted by decades of scientific research.
—Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Blood spatter on the hood outside the car contradicted Buford Pusser’s statements.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
By ousting the Defense Intelligence Agency's director after his agency produced an assessment that contradicted the White House narrative on Iran, the administration risks silencing independent analysis at a moment of high geopolitical tension.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Google's double-check feature highlights any information that is contradicted online.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
And President Xi Jinping believes that top-down directives from political rulers can allocate resources better than the bottom-up competitive process, a belief contradicted by every instance of central planning.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The parents claimed the absence of an opt-out option infringed on their free exercise of religion, protected by the First Amendment, because the lessons contradicted and interfered with their children's religious instruction.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Blood spatter on the hood outside the car contradicted Buford Pusser’s statements.
—Audrey McAvoy, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Kennedy has tried to advance anti-vaccine policies that are contradicted by decades of scientific research.
—Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Blood spatter on the hood outside the car contradicted Buford Pusser’s statements.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
By ousting the Defense Intelligence Agency's director after his agency produced an assessment that contradicted the White House narrative on Iran, the administration risks silencing independent analysis at a moment of high geopolitical tension.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Google's double-check feature highlights any information that is contradicted online.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
And President Xi Jinping believes that top-down directives from political rulers can allocate resources better than the bottom-up competitive process, a belief contradicted by every instance of central planning.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The parents claimed the absence of an opt-out option infringed on their free exercise of religion, protected by the First Amendment, because the lessons contradicted and interfered with their children's religious instruction.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contradicted
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Other organizations and scientists have refuted the DOE’s review, including the American Meteorological Society, which highlighted further flaws in the report and urged a correction of the findings by the agency.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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Both Kraft and Goodell have refuted the claim.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Mace's former fiancé denied the accusations.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Caracas has denied this repeatedly.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Speaking on condition of anonymity, the worker described the mounting panic as agents surrounded the building and gathered up to 70 workers – many from Guatemala and Nicaragua – into the lunchroom, where the entire workforce was questioned.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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The establishment is also not too far from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement checkpoint, where officers questioned drivers about their legal status.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Sep. 2025
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The club rejected her for lack of record.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Combine uneven play with 11 penalties and that’s a cocktail even the Florida student section nauseously rejected.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Contradicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contradicted. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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