as in incontrovertible
not capable of being challenged or proved wrong
the irrefutable reply of "Because I like it!"
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Recent Examples of irrefutable
The damage from 39 days of bombing is irrefutable.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
The bottom of the play-in round is its own irrefutable verdict.
—Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Recognition scales when value is irrefutable.
—Alex Israel, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
Nefarious actors shape elections without leaving irrefutable evidence of ballot manipulation.
—Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for irrefutable
Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
The bottom of the play-in round is its own irrefutable verdict.
—Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Recognition scales when value is irrefutable.
—Alex Israel, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
Nefarious actors shape elections without leaving irrefutable evidence of ballot manipulation.
—Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for irrefutable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrefutable
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
Adjective
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While the numbers remain a question, the fear is indisputable.—
Sabrina Franza,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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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
Adjective
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Fiercely loyal, Al Attiyah always credited the emir’s vision, though industry contemporaries stress that his own role in driving Qatar’s energy boom was undeniable.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
28 May 2026
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Jake Elliott’s legacy is undeniable, but his recent performance is concerning, to say the least.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
27 May 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
Adjective
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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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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
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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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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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“Irrefutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrefutable. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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