disavows

present tense third-person singular of disavow

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Recent Examples of disavows However, what if the board later disavows the director’s action, leaving the director personally exposed to that contract liability? Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disavows
Verb
  • Tim Gilman, a spokesperson for Oshkosh Corporation, which makes Pierce fire trucks, said the company denies the lawsuit's claims.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The president denies any wrongdoing related to his relationship with Epstein.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As a guy who is simply not built for summer (sweaty, burns easily, refuses to wear shorts), the turning of the calendar to September adds a little lead to my tread, with visions of cider and sweaters dancing in my head.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • And even though the military is short of manpower, the government refuses to draft ultra-orthodox men, whose religious political parties are key to the Netanyahu coalition.
    Ron Scherf, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yet Superman's entire story refutes this zero-sum thinking.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The seeds of bombs planted by soldiers long gone remain dormant but alive just beneath the surface and yet the land rejects them every day.
    Michael Jerome Plunkett September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Hermlin rejects that characterization.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Disavows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disavows. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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