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Recent Examples of controvert Those then who controvert the principle that the constitution is to be considered, in court, as a paramount law, are reduced to the necessity of maintaining that courts must close their eyes on the constitution, and see only the law. Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2025 Many of those people had been convicted of assaulting police officers, prompting a backlash from Democrats — and even some Republicans — who said Trump’s move controverted Republican claims of being the party that champions law and order and personal responsibility. Mike Lillis, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025 Even assuming this is true (and this description will be controverted at trial), a monopoly by itself does not violate the antitrust laws. Alden Abbott, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024 The appellate court noted that the woman’s testimony was controverted. Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 16 May 2023 During the upcoming weeks and through the appeal a slew of additional credible and controverting evidence will come to light. Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for controvert
Verb
  • Abrego Garcia’s lawyers have argued that travel to Moshannon is far more difficult for members of the defense team based in Nashville, and not easier for those in New York.
    Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2025
  • During oral arguments at the Arizona Supreme Court, attorney Eric Fraser, who argued on behalf of the state, didn't deny political violence occurred in the country.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Other witnesses indicated that the shooter was a third person who entered the fight between Runnels and Collins’ nephew after the two had already started to bicker, according to court records.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Communists and socialists bickered over doctrine and orthodoxy.
    Kornel Chang September 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Will the two be allowed to wed, or will Ellen’s brothers, quarrelling over their father’s chair, bargain her off to other suitors to improve their chances?
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Most had quarrelled with someone right before the act.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Similarly to their meeting last year, Georgia trailed early and managed to fight its way back.
    Hunter Simpson, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • But instead of fighting my body and losing, now my body and I fight together against our enemy, anxiety.
    Jack Korngold, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Controvert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/controvert. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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