disprove
Example Sentences
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Braun argued that the portrayal of his client drinking and racing wasn’t supported by the facts and that there was no evidence to disprove his client’s testimony that he was traveling at 55 mph.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
“We see this cyclical caution from investors as prudent given past memory bust cycles, and acknowledge that the bear case is difficult to disprove in the near-term,” Weathers writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
“They’re trying to disprove a negative in terms of their operations,” Stucky said of the affected companies.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
FBI data alone cannot prove or disprove the claim that crime is at a 125-year low because, as he points out, it only started publishing statistics in 1930, and only consistently after 1960.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
And shortly thereafter, with Jane looking on, I disprove the theorem entirely when I reach down and clear Tiny's airways of snot.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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