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as in denied
to declare not to be true
while he was publicly refuting rumors of a merger, behind the scenes the CEO was working to effect that very outcome
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as in discredited
to prove to be false
the victories of African-American athlete Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics effectively refuted the racial views of the Nazis
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Recent Examples of refuted
Though then-Bucks coach Doc Rivers refuted that report, Antetokounmpo acknowledged that the offseason was a time when temptation could be very real for him.
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Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
After her daughter's murder, Franchetti began a grassroots movement to rewrite family court law, but the legislation was held up by legal language that might have greenlighted hearsay allegations or the potential for false claims that couldn't be refuted.
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Jennifer McLogan,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
That same year, Patricia Richardson refuted the possibility of returning to the characters while appearing on the Back to the Best podcast.
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Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
California officials, including Secretary of State Shirley Weber, have repeatedly refuted claims of fraud and, in fact, have defended the state’s slower process as critical to ensuring the counts are accurate.
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Linh Tat,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
At trial, defense lawyer Bob Varga refuted the accusation, noting there was no bodycam footage of the incident.
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Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
Such claims have been systematically refuted by evidence submitted to Norfolk Superior Court.
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Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
As reported by the New York Times’ Ben Mullin in a post on X, Pelley refuted the content of Weiss’ audio recording transcript entirely.
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Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
Bohm’s parents have refuted those claims and the two sides are still attempting to determine where the court battle will proceed.
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Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
After her daughter's murder, Franchetti began a grassroots movement to rewrite family court law, but the legislation was held up by legal language that might have greenlighted hearsay allegations or the potential for false claims that couldn't be refuted.
—
Jennifer McLogan,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
That same year, Patricia Richardson refuted the possibility of returning to the characters while appearing on the Back to the Best podcast.
—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
California officials, including Secretary of State Shirley Weber, have repeatedly refuted claims of fraud and, in fact, have defended the state’s slower process as critical to ensuring the counts are accurate.
—
Linh Tat,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
At trial, defense lawyer Bob Varga refuted the accusation, noting there was no bodycam footage of the incident.
—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
Such claims have been systematically refuted by evidence submitted to Norfolk Superior Court.
—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
As reported by the New York Times’ Ben Mullin in a post on X, Pelley refuted the content of Weiss’ audio recording transcript entirely.
—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
Bohm’s parents have refuted those claims and the two sides are still attempting to determine where the court battle will proceed.
—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refuted
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Then multiple states filed lawsuits alleging the agency failed to conduct proper environmental reviews, which DHS denied.
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The band had been denied the opportunity to perform during Haiti’s pre-World Cup friendly against Peru, despite the presence of a Peruvian band.
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Green said earlier this year that Adebayo shouldn’t be underestimated and his 83-point game against Washington shouldn’t be discredited.
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Instead, they are encouraged to view blue zones primarily through the lens of a sloppy critique that has already been discredited.
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The Yolo County Board of Supervisors rejected those findings.
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In May, the EEOC filed a discrimination lawsuit against the New York Times alleging discrimination against a white male employee, which the Times has rejected as politically motivated.
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In Tennessee, a pickup truck carrying about 1 million bees overturned near Knoxville in April, unleashing a swarm that blanketed the crash scene.
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The justices, by a 6-3 vote, granted an appeal from New York prosecutors who had urged them to undo a federal appeals court decision that overturned the verdict.
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This recognition contradicted almost two centuries of Colonial practice, making it among the most radical achievements of the founding era.
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Some reported a few dozen microbe types, others more than 900, and one company even contradicted itself on the same sample.
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These allegations will be disproved like all the rest.
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The timing of the declaration comes two weeks after OpenAI publicized one of its AI models as having disproved an 80-year-old mathematical conjecture in geometry.
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Such interventions were rebutted by Dal Babu, a former chief superintendent of London’s Metropolitan Police.
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Nazir, for his part, rebutted the allegation.
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Jan Paul van Hecke of the Netherlands has been involved in two scraps already, the latest when he was hit while going for a header and crumbled, perhaps exaggerating a tad, after Morocco's Azzedine Ounahi challenged the header, as well.
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Eight groups challenged the department’s definition in court, representing nurse practitioners, therapists, speech language pathologists and more.
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