debunking
Example Sentences
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An American former newspaper columnist took to his Substack page to attempt a debunking, which offered a coherent if implausible theory of why Europe isn’t all that bad and America isn’t all that great.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
If every event is met with automatic suspicion and conspiracy theory, we’ll spend all our time debunking nonsense, and nothing will ever get better.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
It's a fantasy too stupid to need debunking.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2025
If a fact-checker rated a post as false, Meta notified the user and added a warning label with a link to an article debunking its claims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
Its place in the canons of poetics and rhetoric, moreover, has largely survived the personal debunking of its author.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
