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Recent Examples of disconfirm The idea of working to disconfirm your beliefs doesn’t always match the internal culture, which heavily rewards decisiveness, accuracy, and confidence. John Rex, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025 The real work of scientific research is to find or develop evidence that will confirm of disconfirm the hypothesis. George Calhoun, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023 This contrasts with product-irrelevant sponsors that may disconfirm the brand can deliver on its promises. Kirk Wakefield, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021 Bring skeptics into the room to validate your believers or disconfirm your own beliefs. Sebastian Herrera, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2020 So the 'disconfirming' information can be thrown aside. CBS News, 4 Sep. 2019 Alas, no amount of disconfirming evidence can shake the consummate centrist Democrat’s belief in his worldview. Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 19 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconfirm
Verb
  • Yet for decades, tens of thousands of children in Hasidic yeshivas have been systematically denied access to that promise.
    Adina Mermelstein Konikoff, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
  • When Nguyen refused the search and denied the allegation, one deputy allegedly called him a liar and threatened to arrest him.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025
Verb
  • Bondi also said that although the names of several other high-profile figures were mentioned, the investigators did not find a client list or evidence refuting that Epstein died by suicide.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
  • But Hunter was quick to refute this claim, arguing that at large events where the president is meeting several people, introductions are the norm.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 July 2025
Verb
  • Israel has strongly rejected claims that the country is perpetuating a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 29 July 2025
  • If any other construction would render the clause inoperative, that is an additional reason for rejecting such other construction, and for adhering to the obvious meaning.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2025

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“Disconfirm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconfirm. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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