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disavowal

[dis-uh-vou-uhl] / ˌdɪs əˈvaʊ əl /






NOUN
negative
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Europe has sweltered through one heat wave after another this summer, and its green disavowal of air conditioning comes at an economic cost.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

“It’s been sad to see the disavowal of every policy position he ever stood for,” says a former senior White House official from the first term who worked with Hassett.

From Barron's Dec. 11, 2025

Even with ACEP’s disavowal, courts may be reluctant to reopen resolved cases, said Jim Davy, a civil rights lawyer in Philadelphia.

From Scientific American Oct. 16, 2023

One surprising participant in the disavowal of the far right was Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

From Slate Dec. 12, 2022

For that reason, “the disavowal required of me by Col Burr, in a general and indefinite form, was out of my power.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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