as in refuted
to prove to be false
Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe disproved any lingering notions that the earth is flat
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Recent Examples of disproved
These allegations will be disproved like all the rest.
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Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
The timing of the declaration comes two weeks after OpenAI publicized one of its AI models as having disproved an 80-year-old mathematical conjecture in geometry.
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Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
Specifically, OpenAI said in an announcement published on its website that its models disproved a central conjecture in an area of discrete geometry tied to Paul Erdős’s planar unit distance problem, a famously stubborn question first posed in 1946.
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Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
The first and third items in this indictment are indisputable; the second is a complicated and qualified matter; and the last two are libels, still part of popular legend no matter how often disproved by serious biography.
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Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
But Lucas, known for making false confessions, later retracted his claim, and other evidence disproved his connection to the murder.
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CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
But Lucas, known for making false confessions, later retracted his claim, and other evidence disproved his connection to the murder.
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Jack Brook,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
York is told that Somerset is imprisoned in the Tower of London, but when this is disproved by Somerset’s entrance, York announces his claim to the kingship.
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Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
Only after World War II—and over the objections of much of the brass—was the military integrated, and then only after an exhaustive internal investigation disproved racist assumptions that Black troops could only fill menial roles or serve in segregated units.
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Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2026
Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
The timing of the declaration comes two weeks after OpenAI publicized one of its AI models as having disproved an 80-year-old mathematical conjecture in geometry.
—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
Specifically, OpenAI said in an announcement published on its website that its models disproved a central conjecture in an area of discrete geometry tied to Paul Erdős’s planar unit distance problem, a famously stubborn question first posed in 1946.
—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
The first and third items in this indictment are indisputable; the second is a complicated and qualified matter; and the last two are libels, still part of popular legend no matter how often disproved by serious biography.
—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
But Lucas, known for making false confessions, later retracted his claim, and other evidence disproved his connection to the murder.
—
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
But Lucas, known for making false confessions, later retracted his claim, and other evidence disproved his connection to the murder.
—
Jack Brook,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
York is told that Somerset is imprisoned in the Tower of London, but when this is disproved by Somerset’s entrance, York announces his claim to the kingship.
—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
Only after World War II—and over the objections of much of the brass—was the military integrated, and then only after an exhaustive internal investigation disproved racist assumptions that Black troops could only fill menial roles or serve in segregated units.
—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disproved
refuted
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Though then-Bucks coach Doc Rivers refuted that report, Antetokounmpo acknowledged that the offseason was a time when temptation could be very real for him.
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After her daughter's murder, Franchetti began a grassroots movement to rewrite family court law, but the legislation was held up by legal language that might have greenlighted hearsay allegations or the potential for false claims that couldn't be refuted.
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“Disproved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disproved. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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