refutable

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Adjective
  • While that’s arguable, what is not is that productivity in the U.K. has been remarkably flat for roughly 20 years.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Whether a cell in 1598 played a part in conceiving of the scrawny, hobbled hidalgo with a cardboard visor and a bent lance is arguable, but Cervantes’ far more traumatic enslavement from 1571 until 1576 must have formed his intimate comprehension of the difference between freedom and servitude.
    Ed Simon September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That time, a very disputable foul denied him.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • While the limit of eight designated to returns might be a moot point, Waller would be considered the sixth in that regard.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • For many shoppers, the settlement was largely moot, however.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Whether girls are reaching puberty six years earlier than previously is debatable—a 2024 study found a shift of only six months, not six years.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • That’s debatable, but the sweet, vanilla-forward coating and pop of salt on top turns ordinary pretzels into a yummy confection nonetheless.
    Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Palace’s first goal came from a corner — albeit a disputed one, given the final touch seemed to come off Tyrick Mitchell — as a back-post ball towards Marc Guehi forced a mistake from Ryan Gravenberch, whose misplaced header fell perfectly for Ismaila Sarr to score.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Washington’s nominee for ambassador to South Africa used his confirmation hearing to offer support for disputed claims that the country’s white minority was under attack.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Adding to the lore, Springer was hit by a pitch in his right knee late during Game 5 in Seattle, a Mariners victory that put them up 3-2 and was questionable for the rest of the series.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • These are winnable games if everyone executes on the Carolina side, but Young being questionable for both (potentially) makes the outlook kind of up in the air.
    Mike Kaye October 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • One of my non-negotiable road trip essentials is a car window breaker, like this one from Sinsen.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Food, after all, isn’t a negotiable need.
    Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Her visits to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which its nearest neighbors see as an homage to Japan’s past wartime aggressions, have also angered both of those nations.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Some celebrants were building political support for the controversial Barge Canal.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Refutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refutable. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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