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Recent Examples of disprovable
Experts say easily disprovable narratives about the climate keeps circulating.
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2022
Salazar’s claims were easily disprovable.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 26 Apr. 2022
But if anything is possible, then nothing is disprovable.
—Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021
Its assertions were easily disprovable.
—Sheera Frenkel New York Times, Star Tribune, 24 July 2021
Its assertions were easily disprovable.
—New York Times, 24 July 2021
The attorneys all filed lawsuits in Michigan that included easily disprovable allegations of fraud, furthering concerns fomented by former President Donald Trump that the election was stolen.
—Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2021
Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2022
Salazar’s claims were easily disprovable.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 26 Apr. 2022
But if anything is possible, then nothing is disprovable.
—Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021
Its assertions were easily disprovable.
—Sheera Frenkel New York Times, Star Tribune, 24 July 2021
Its assertions were easily disprovable.
—New York Times, 24 July 2021
The attorneys all filed lawsuits in Michigan that included easily disprovable allegations of fraud, furthering concerns fomented by former President Donald Trump that the election was stolen.
—Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disprovable
Adjective
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Grappa is enjoyed as a digestif, though its ability to aid digestion after a large meal is debatable.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Whether his work on Anderson’s woozy epic of resistance is his personal best is debatable — the competition is fierce.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Researchers already had reason to believe that the pigeonhole principle can’t be proved from the axioms of PV1 alone, so Li, Chen and Oliveira’s results imply that their other equivalent theorems are also likely unprovable in PV1.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
1 Dec. 2025
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Given that many of Epstein’s correspondents are redacted and that threads start and stop randomly, many of the emails are perfect building blocks for constructing plausible but ultimately unprovable narratives.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
14 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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That disputable appraisal turned a few heads, and people began peppering the bot for further remarks on Musk’s physical prowess.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
20 Nov. 2025
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That time, a very disputable foul denied him.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Disprovable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disprovable. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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