as in refutation
something (as an argument) that serves to disprove
an effective rebuttal to her claim of having the gift of clairvoyance
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Recent Examples of rebuttal
Advertisement Meta did not offer specific rebuttals to every claim in the suit when TIME requested comment, and declined to provide comments from Mosseri or Rosen.
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Charlotte Alter, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Zissi said he was never given an opportunity to provide a rebuttal to the allegations, which centered on a text exchange between Torrey Pines assistant coach Dave O’Neil and a player moving to the San Diego area who eventually went on to enroll at La Costa Canyon.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
In the state’s rebuttal, Sund said the DNA analyst testified that Uso was a major male profile on the gun.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
The pace has been brisk and the tone combative, with Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo trading rehearsed lines and sharp rebuttals.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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Charlotte Alter, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Zissi said he was never given an opportunity to provide a rebuttal to the allegations, which centered on a text exchange between Torrey Pines assistant coach Dave O’Neil and a player moving to the San Diego area who eventually went on to enroll at La Costa Canyon.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
In the state’s rebuttal, Sund said the DNA analyst testified that Uso was a major male profile on the gun.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
The pace has been brisk and the tone combative, with Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo trading rehearsed lines and sharp rebuttals.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuttal
refutation
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Karl Popper said that science is about conjecture and refutation.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The very mechanisms enabling AI to inspire collective action also equip it to reinforce entrenched refutation, deepen ideological divides and amplify narratives dismissing climate change as a mere fabrication.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Rebuttal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuttal. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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