as in irrefutable
not capable of being challenged or proved wrong
the prosecutor painstakingly built an irrefragable case
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrefragable
Adjective
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The damage from 39 days of bombing is irrefutable.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026 -
The bottom of the play-in round is its own irrefutable verdict.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The feeling of well-being is tangible, and incontrovertible.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Beauty’s at-times reluctance to embrace TikTok Shop as a channel mirrors the industry’s longtime disinclination toward Amazon, an attitude that has shifted in recent years as the e-commerce giant’s beauty business has grown at an incontrovertible clip.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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As in the less conclusive first season, it feels engineered to deliver the characters to happy, or relatively happy, endings, and to send viewers out not regretting their investment of time.—
Robert Lloyd,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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As in the less conclusive first season, it feels engineered to deliver the characters to happy, or relatively happy, endings, and to send viewers out not regretting their investment of time.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The preparation was indisputable.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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The indisputable facts prove this.—
James Speyer,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Orbán’s grip on power, unquestionable for a decade and a half, suddenly looked vulnerable.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Hearts have melted online after a scared rescue dog bravely faced her fear in order to join her owner, with many viewers praising her unquestionable courage and determination.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This Japandi design will look great in your forever home, too, of course, with its light wash wood and indubitable Donald Judd-ness.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
16 Mar. 2026
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In 2025, Rebecca Yarros is that genre’s indubitable champion.—
Rebecca Yarros,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The mark was federally registered in 2015 and has since achieved incontestable status, a legal designation that strengthens ownership rights.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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Many experts also remained in denial until evidence of Covid’s lethality and transmissibility became incontestable.—
David Blumenthal,
STAT,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Both are also for all purposes motherless boys—Suwa’s mother died and his father survives her, full of an unanswerable grief.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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Though his World Series moment didn’t occur with the Red Sox, the experience could lend insight into his new organization, which spent 86 years racking up similarly stunning last-second heartbreaks and unanswerable what-ifs.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Irrefragable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrefragable. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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