refutes

present tense third-person singular of refute

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Recent Examples of refutes Ex-contractor likens Gaza aid effort to 'The Hunger Games,' former employer refutes claims One meal a day. Gram Slattery, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 Yet Superman's entire story refutes this zero-sum thinking. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refutes
Verb
  • Trump denies any involvement in the note.
    Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Cook, who denies any wrongdoing, is he first Black female Fed governor.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But March’s family, which has seen their factory turned upside down by the ghost of a former employee, rejects the relationship.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The seeds of bombs planted by soldiers long gone remain dormant but alive just beneath the surface and yet the land rejects them every day.
    Michael Jerome Plunkett September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The new work overturns that picture.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The decision overturns a ruling by a lower-court judge in 2023 who had declared the law unconstitutional after previously blocking it from taking effect in 2021.
    Reuters, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • What happens when the federal standard contradicts the state one?
    Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This contradicts the language Paxton has used when discussing these and other firms.
    Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Tootles’ death disproves this, showing that a hybrid being can die under extreme circumstances.
    Leia Mendoza, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Needs teeth Reforms are being reversed not because data disproves the need, but because the politics now allow retreat.
    Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Below, McGrath opens up about her biggest beauty tip, debunks makeup myths, and more.
    Essence, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This article discusses memory and chip and system design talks at the 2025 AI Infra Summit in Santa Clara, CA by Kove, Pliops and Cadence.
    Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This article discusses the first four episodes of Prime Video’s The Girlfriend.
    Judy Berman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The exhibition challenges traditional art historical narratives and showcases how these women embraced action painting, gestural abstraction, and large-scale experimentation to create dynamic, influential works.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • His second recommendation—renting instead of buying—challenges conventional wisdom about homeownership.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025

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