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refutation

[ref-yoo-tey-shuhn] / ˌrɛf yʊˈteɪ ʃən /


NOUN
disproving
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Index funds add marginal exposure to stocks as they make relative gains, a seeming refutation of the age-old maxim to buy low, sell high.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Every single refutation of their conspiracy theory just proves that the conspiracy goes even further and deeper than they thought.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 10, 2025

He also coauthored a detailed refutation of the theory that the Taurid swarm caused a global climate disaster 12,900 years ago.

From Science Daily • Oct. 31, 2025

Pitts still sees the hat as a kind of refutation of tribalism—something that seems worth striving for but harder to manifest with each passing election.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2024

They are interested solely in confirming highly dubious theoretical hypotheses by the logic of analogy and induction, and make no attempt at refutation or intersubjective testing.’

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok




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