debunk
Example Sentences
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That assumption needs to be debunked, and it starts from the top.
Mr. Kennedy has long asserted that the measles vaccine causes autism, but the CDC page doesn’t go that far, perhaps because so many studies have debunked the claim.
The calls targeted public officials responsible for ballot access and voting related to debunked conspiracy theories of fraud in the 2020 general elections.
From New York Times
Fact-checking groups debunked the rumors, while the Central Election Commission held a news conference to push back on claims of electoral discrepancies.
From Seattle Times
In the spring of 2020, when President Donald J. Trump wrote messages on Twitter warning that increased reliance on mail-in ballots would lead to a “rigged election,” the platform ran a corrective, debunking his claims.
From New York Times
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