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disputable

[dih-spyoo-tuh-buhl, dis-pyoo-] / dɪˈspju tə bəl, ˈdɪs pjʊ- /


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In 2017, European Athletics proposed wiping out records set before 2005 - sending a strong signal that records set before then were disputable.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Do the plaintiffs really think the California Medical Board can’t distinguish between disputable treatment modes and scientifically validated results?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2022

The statement is roughly as disputable as saying that fire is hot or water is wet.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2022

Tampa Bay’s third power-play goal of the game was set up after a disputable tripping penalty called against Stars captain Jamie Benn.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2020

I am well aware how insufficient, and, in some measure, how disputable, the account given in the preceding chapters of the cleavages of the slaty crystallines must appear to geologists.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by John Ruskin




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