debunk
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Though easy to debunk, such theories persist as Artemis II comes decades after the previous lunar missions, events today's internet-savvy generation has little recollection of.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
The flood of AI-fabricated visuals -- mixed with authentic imagery from the Middle East -- continues to grow faster than professional fact-checkers can debunk them.
From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026
The research helped him debunk myths of the near-useless male lion that seldom hunts and of the female as the consummate mother.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
Among several homelessness initiatives launched by its founder, Adam Miller, Better Angels has set out on an ambitious mission to debunk the conventional wisdom that affordable housing can’t be produced without taxpayer subsidies.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2025
An older school of historians and philosophers took this framework for granted, while a newer school has wanted to debunk or deconstruct the concepts rather than explain their significance and trace their origin.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing debunk
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Vocabulary from the Third and Final Presidential Debate, October 19, 2016
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