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as in waivers
a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilege
one brother filed a disclaimer, allowing all of the estate to go to his poorer siblings
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as in denials
a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement
the intelligence agency's pro forma disclaimer of any involvement in the assassination plot
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Recent Examples of disclaimers
The warnings cited in the FIDO documents read like funny disclaimers, listing numerous conditions and assumptions before concluding that passkeys can be used securely.
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
The platform could pre-populate disclaimers for regulatory guidance tailored to industry norms.
—Ron Shevlin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Both companies’ chatbots unquestionably come with visible disclaimers regarding their use; the question is whether those are sufficient for vulnerable users who may not understand or disregard them.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
The Fort Collins Police Department does not include disclaimers, but officers are incentivized to make reports their own and ensure their accuracy, Younger said.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
This data comes just weeks after researchers published a study showing that AI models from companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Google, and xAI have largely stopped including disclaimers about following their medical advice, which were once standard across the industry.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2025
The reason lies in the disclaimers and the absence of explicit promises regarding future value.
—Chris Groshong, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
The show Tiana was announced in December of 2020, and that same year, Disney introduced content disclaimers for certain titles – both of these have now been pulled.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
DeMille, a social media specialist with a background in marketing, has highlighted influencers using the Los Angeles wildfires to peddle detoxes, fear mongering about parasites, and making claims about supplements that sound different than the disclaimers on the product's websites.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
The platform could pre-populate disclaimers for regulatory guidance tailored to industry norms.
—Ron Shevlin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Both companies’ chatbots unquestionably come with visible disclaimers regarding their use; the question is whether those are sufficient for vulnerable users who may not understand or disregard them.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
The Fort Collins Police Department does not include disclaimers, but officers are incentivized to make reports their own and ensure their accuracy, Younger said.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
This data comes just weeks after researchers published a study showing that AI models from companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Google, and xAI have largely stopped including disclaimers about following their medical advice, which were once standard across the industry.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2025
The reason lies in the disclaimers and the absence of explicit promises regarding future value.
—Chris Groshong, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
The show Tiana was announced in December of 2020, and that same year, Disney introduced content disclaimers for certain titles – both of these have now been pulled.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
DeMille, a social media specialist with a background in marketing, has highlighted influencers using the Los Angeles wildfires to peddle detoxes, fear mongering about parasites, and making claims about supplements that sound different than the disclaimers on the product's websites.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disclaimers
Noun
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Tim Mayza, claimed off waivers Sunday, pitched a scoreless inning Monday.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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All told, though, the net effect on TSMC, Samsung and SK Hynix’s waivers is the same.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her plaintive denials on screen are robbed of any credibility by an inescapable sense of overwhelming resentment.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes, when patients and doctors shame insurers online, denials get overturned.—
Lauren Sausser,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And then, 11 days later, the movie will appear in theaters nationwide, something that seemed implausible over the years as the rejections kept piling up.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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All the rejections that came before are, miraculously, rendered meaningless.—
Thomas Swick
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Disclaimers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disclaimers. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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