as in indisputable
not capable of being challenged or proved wrong
the incontestable statement that every contest has a winner and a loser
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Recent Examples of incontestable
Despite the discouraging tendency these days to see everything through a political prism, the science itself is incontestable and apolitical: Climate change is caused by human activity, primarily the use fossil fuels, like coal, oil and gas.
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Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
Second, combining data from different IoT devices revealed incontestable details of Alex Murdaugh’s activities.
—David Sella-Villa, The Conversation, 24 June 2025
The imperatives of tying India’s economic fortunes more closely to the transformations occurring in these regions are therefore incontestable, especially because India already faces strong impediments to translating its natural dominance within South Asia into lasting local hegemony.
—Ashley J. Tellis, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
But the personal drama between them was incontestable.
—Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
Second, combining data from different IoT devices revealed incontestable details of Alex Murdaugh’s activities.
—David Sella-Villa, The Conversation, 24 June 2025
The imperatives of tying India’s economic fortunes more closely to the transformations occurring in these regions are therefore incontestable, especially because India already faces strong impediments to translating its natural dominance within South Asia into lasting local hegemony.
—Ashley J. Tellis, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
But the personal drama between them was incontestable.
—Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incontestable
Adjective
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The second was indisputable brilliance.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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The most telling detail about the vintage Heuer Monaco leading Sotheby’s Important Watches Auction in New York on June 15 speaks to the watch’s indisputable authenticity.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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By slow degrees, Philip’s story shifts to accommodate the incontrovertible evidence of IP addresses and deciphered cryptography and Lucy struggles to keep up, let alone understand.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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What is incontrovertible, however, is how indispensable Guimaraes is for Howe and Newcastle.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
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That must be the unquestionable goal for next season.—
Nnamdi Onyeagwara,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Nonetheless, its power is unquestionable.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
22 May 2026
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As a result, mathematical truths do not make up a unified whole of equally indubitable truths; instead, their status as knowledge varies gradually from doubtless facts to increasingly uncertain hypotheses.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
18 May 2026
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The second route, and the route that makes indubitable sense, entails using the techniques and methods of psychology to gauge the performance of AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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For Langston, this was irrefutable evidence that Denise and Mohamed had sought to hide Djena’s status by falsely claiming that she was adopted.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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In the exhibition, surrounded by 100 of them, hung on white cloth in a grid, the horror of the conflict is irrefutable.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
12 May 2026
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The allure of this assignment, in her home city, is undeniable.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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The England manager’s logic was undeniable.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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The jobs apocalypse is not yet here, but governments waiting for conclusive evidence of it will be acting too late.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
24 May 2026
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However, no conclusive evidence ever surfaced to confirm those claims.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
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But in terms of execution, control, and unarguable results?—
Scott Gilbertson Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
19 Sep. 2025
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But the unarguable fact is that the federal government would be providing less money to pay for health care for the roughly 72 million Americans on Medicaid.—
Nicholas Kristof,
The Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Incontestable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incontestable. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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