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 first is irrefutable; the second, far from that.
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Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
Her world, fueled by her life, was the shining and irrefutable definition of integrity.
—Josh Peter, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
Reviewers’ success stories serve as irrefutable proof.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Dec. 2025
Up ⬆ One Battle After Another Two years ago, Oppenheimer was such an irrefutable front-runner that critics’ groups felt their powers would be put to better use elsewhere and threw their weight behind Killers of the Flower Moon instead.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
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Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
Her world, fueled by her life, was the shining and irrefutable definition of integrity.
—Josh Peter, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
Reviewers’ success stories serve as irrefutable proof.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Dec. 2025
Up ⬆ One Battle After Another Two years ago, Oppenheimer was such an irrefutable front-runner that critics’ groups felt their powers would be put to better use elsewhere and threw their weight behind Killers of the Flower Moon instead.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for irrefutable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrefutable
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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But this case does not turn on these indisputable facts.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Hurricane Beryl wreaked havoc on the cluster of cool, casual beach bars and seaside eateries that made this area the indisputable heart of the island.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Her return to the ice and undeniable success made Liu one of the bigger stories of the Olympic games, which concluded on Feb 22.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Yet amid this fear, there remains an undeniable hope for the future — hope for the fall of a system that many believe cannot be reformed.—
Pegah Banihashemi,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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As of Saturday night, after Maxey took that nasty spill in the waning moments of the Philadelphia 76ers’ 125-116 loss to the Atlanta Hawks, there wasn’t anything conclusive on his status.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Meta and other tech firms have long argued publicly that there is no conclusive evidence linking social media to addiction or other mental health challenges.—
CNN,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In the eyes of hard-liners, Khamenei stood as the unquestionable authority — below only that of God.—
Lee Keath,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2026
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In the eyes of hard-liners, Khamenei stands as the unquestionable authority — below only that of God.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Duesberg kept making his argument well after evidence that the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, causes AIDS became incontestable.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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That is to say, there is no one pure ur-movie, unblemished and incontestable.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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In 2025, Rebecca Yarros is that genre’s indubitable champion.—
Rebecca Yarros,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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But while the trajectory is indubitable, the ascent is far from smooth, as Ghana’s recent experiences neatly encapsulate.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Irrefutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrefutable. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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