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

Again, the defense notched no direct refutation of prosecutorial testimony, or even cleanly summarized any takeaway for the record.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2023

Void/zero destroys Aristotle’s neat argument, his refutation of Zeno, and his proof of God.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife