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Recent Examples of disavow The movement also was tainted by instances of rampant antisemitism, which Khalil disavowed. Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 7 May 2025 Because the movie doesn’t convincingly disavow materialism (at least as embodied by Pascal), the main character’s choice to do so feels didactic and contrived. Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025 In the aftermath of abolition/compensation, forgetting or disavowing the centuries of slavery became the primary take. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 June 2025 But many legal experts believe the Trump administration will prompt the court to outright disavow the decades-old decision. Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disavow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disavow
Verb
  • Paxton, during the trial, denied having the affair.
    Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • So with his conviction and prison stay, Larson was denied access.
    Savannah Leigh Richardson, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • The Yankees’ lineup, meanwhile, didn’t put up a fight against Spencer Strider, who refused to surrender a run, walked three and struck out eight over six innings.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
  • Kirton on Friday acknowledged he’d been given the training directive in 2022, but said his attorney advised him against attending or signing the form because Bloomfield leaders refused to show them the investigative report.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
Verb
  • The story included statements from Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel refuting the premise, but not Bongino.
    Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
  • The memo also concluded that Epstein died by suicide, refuting other claims that there was foul play behind his 2019 death in prison.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • New York’s 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Maxwell’s appeal effort last year, finding that the deal drawn up in 2007 and approved the following year only protected Epstein and his coconspirators in South Florida.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025
  • If anyone else tries such commands, the AGI and ASI reject them summarily.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025

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“Disavow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disavow. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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