contradicted

past tense of contradict

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Recent Examples of contradicted And not a single Democrat then contradicted them or criticized them. ABC News, 7 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
Verb
  • In a response to the allegations obtained by PEOPLE, Phypers refuted the claims made by Richards' lawyers.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Through reps, Marr refuted Mozz’s claims.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Her lawsuit denied the charges but did not provide more details.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The doctor spent more than 1,300 days incarcerated while repeatedly denied bail.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the probe unfolded, Kelly Dever was one of several low-rent Canton losers who couldn’t keep their stories straight when questioned by the feds.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • That person was questioned and later released, and so was another taken into custody later that day.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • She was discovered by a photographer in the lobby of a modeling agency that had just rejected her.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Neither Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin nor the camp representing star forward Kirill Kaprizov are saying much after the team’s potentially history-making first contract offer was reportedly rejected.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Contradicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contradicted. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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