repudiate
Example Sentences
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He didn’t repudiate his warnings when they failed to pan out, yet didn’t lose his popularity or prestige.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
In response, Allister said: "If Claire is trying to pretend that I am insincere in my condemnation of violence then I utterly repudiate and indeed resent that comment."
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025
“Happy Days,” in a way, was the ’70s using the ’50s to repudiate the ’60s, or at least the divisive aftermath of them that fueled the one-liners in Archie Bunker’s living room.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2024
It took the Court 74 years to repudiate that ruling.
From Salon • Nov. 15, 2023
To him, Harrison represented the old Chicago of filth, smoke, and vice, everything the fair was designed to repudiate.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing repudiate
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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Grade 10, List 1
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