as in irrefutable
not capable of being challenged or proved wrong
incontrovertible facts that left the jury with no choice but to convict
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Recent Examples of incontrovertible
His frequent victory laps are rarely accompanied by such incontrovertible and public proof of the news being fake.
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Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Above all, the film captures the ravages and awe of time, on the actors’ faces and bodies, or on the sun suddenly peaking out above a dawn Mediterranean sea horizon, the real world, manifest in a scene of incontrovertible wonder.
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John Hopewell,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
The Senate’s authority to confirm or deny the president’s nominees is incontrovertible.
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James B. Speta,
Twin Cities,
16 Sep. 2025
The economic case is incontrovertible.
—
Priya Oberoi,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for incontrovertible
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Above all, the film captures the ravages and awe of time, on the actors’ faces and bodies, or on the sun suddenly peaking out above a dawn Mediterranean sea horizon, the real world, manifest in a scene of incontrovertible wonder.
—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
The Senate’s authority to confirm or deny the president’s nominees is incontrovertible.
—
James B. Speta,
Twin Cities,
16 Sep. 2025
The economic case is incontrovertible.
—
Priya Oberoi,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for incontrovertible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incontrovertible
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Organizations that embed deep, scientific inquiry into their commercial DNA can not only disrupt existing markets but also engineer entirely new ones based on the irrefutable laws of physics.
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For the Delfonts, who use a tape-recorder to capture this desperate plea, Leonora’s words serve as irrefutable proof that an academic career has failed to compensate for the absence of a husband and child.
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YouTube is the indisputable king of online video.
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That Paul McCartney is a musical genius is indisputable.
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The mark was federally registered in 2015 and has since achieved incontestable status, a legal designation that strengthens ownership rights.
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Many experts also remained in denial until evidence of Covid’s lethality and transmissibility became incontestable.
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However, a three-judge panel selected for a legal assessment of the findings found that the investigation was not conclusive enough.
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Bartošák-Harlow said there's no conclusive evidence of who has and who has not paid a toll in the past, and there wasn't any sort of record, adding that companies should not be paying a toll for passage through an international waterway.
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Injuries to three elite players were undeniable factors.
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The sweep also sends an undeniable message to establishment Democrats in Washington, including House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who campaigned against Mamdani’s candidates and lost.
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That must be the unquestionable goal for next season.
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Nonetheless, its power is unquestionable.
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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.
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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.
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But in terms of execution, control, and unarguable results?
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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.
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“Incontrovertible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incontrovertible. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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