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disclaims

verb

present tense third-person singular of disclaim

as in denies

to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility the prisoner disclaimed any part in the prank

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as in refutes

to declare not to be true her spokesperson flatly disclaimed the marriage rumor circulating in the press

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Recent Examples of disclaims Microsoft disclaims exec’s comments News groups tried many different tactics to test if Microsoft and OpenAI products would output their news articles verbatim. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026 The survey was conducted between October 15 and 20, among 1,000 likely voters, and disclaims a margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points. — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025

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Investigators are examining possible links to Iran, Russia or militant groups, but have not determined whether a foreign state was involved; Tehran denies involvement.

— Alastair Grant, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Rodríguez's administration denies the country is jailing dissidents.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of denies

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The Mad King, however, refutes the legitimacy of any kind of prophecy, even going so far to reject the notion of destiny.

— Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Speaking with the Courant, Moscowitz refutes that there was ever a formal meeting involving him or his investigators and Isa Abdus-Sabur.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of refutes

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The White House is likely to play hardball if confronted with investigations, and Democrats are bracing for an administration that potentially ignores subpoenas or refuses to turn over paperwork that lawmakers are demanding.

— Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Throughout the film, Agent Miller refuses to abandon the investigation, even after being discouraged from following the case by her superiors who felt as though there wasn’t enough evidence pointing to Kaczynski.

— Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of refuses

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Salvage what creates value, discard what evidence rejects and rebuild around the problem that remains.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Slemmer’s mother, May Slemmer Martinez, supports Pike’s execution and rejects the suggestion that Pike’s age or traumatic upbringing should spare her.

— Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

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