debunking

Example Sentences

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An American former newspaper columnist took to his Substack page to attempt a debunking, which offered a coherent if implausible theory of why Europe isn’t all that bad and America isn’t all that great.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Once someone has formed an opinion, debunking their belief can backfire, driving them to commit even more strongly to their mistake.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

If every event is met with automatic suspicion and conspiracy theory, we’ll spend all our time debunking nonsense, and nothing will ever get better.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

The company reported record iPhone sales and gave stronger-than-expected guidance for revenue and gross margins, debunking investor concerns that rising memory costs would reduce profitability in the near term, Graham said.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

Its place in the canons of poetics and rhetoric, moreover, has largely survived the personal debunking of its author.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith