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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
  • That's also when Chmura denied the prosecution's motion to exclude evidence, specifically the 0.198 blood-alcohol level of the driver of the Durango, Hayden, which is more than twice the legal limit for a driver in Michigan.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • What will be making headlines as the season progresses? La Liga president Javier Tebas has been openly trying to stage official Spanish top-flight games in the United States since 2018, but until now has always been denied by a mix of political and practical factors.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Several of Gupta’s accounts of the night are being refuted by authorities and the public.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Newhouse refuted the notion that people were going to lose access to health care.
    Saige Miller, NPR, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The judge rejected arguments that the actions were taken to preserve legal options, stating the First Amendment doesn't protect forgery.
    Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The next year, the Southern District of New York rejected the NFLPA’s efforts to vacate an arbitration decision in which Goodell imposed a six-game suspension on running back Ezekiel Elliott for domestic abuse.
    Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025

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“Disconfirm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconfirm. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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