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Recent Examples of controvert 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
  • What made the transformation into a cinematic cut possible was the high quality of the game, argued Pekař.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
  • Critics have argued that families in poverty have more immediate needs and that their children should receive a larger endowment if the goal is to help level the playing field.
    MORIAH BALINGIT, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
Verb
  • As officials bickered over who had the right to investigate, the crime scene was overrun by gawkers who pocketed souvenirs and tampered with crucial evidence — including an unknown man’s handkerchief, a pair of glasses and the gun used in the murder.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 27 June 2025
  • Trump withdrew his nomination of Isaacman as the president bickered with Musk in the waning days of the billionaire's formal involvement with the White House.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • This is the comedy where a couple of supporting characters, the quarreling Beatrice and Benedick, often upstage the show’s main romantic plot line.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
  • The victim, 36, was quarreling with an unknown man on the street in the 400 block of North Wells Street just after 7 p.m. when the second man pulled out a firearm and shot the victim, striking him in the left arm, police said.
    William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • The team is also fighting injuries within the starting rotation.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
  • Five engines, two trucks, one squad, three ambulances, and three battalion chiefs assisted in fighting the fire.
    Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025

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“Controvert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/controvert. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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