refutation
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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
His effort didn’t work very well this time around, mostly because the CBO was ready with a nearly instant refutation of his claim.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023
A refutation of this argument, in essence, can be found in Cicero, although of course without either typewriters or Shakespeare.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing refutation
Introducing Rhetoric: Using the "Available Means" (Chapter 1)
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100 SAT words Beginning with "R"
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Analyzing Arguments: From Reading to Writing (Chapter 3)
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