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
Once someone has formed an opinion, debunking their belief can backfire, driving them to commit even more strongly to their mistake.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026
Also, it was debunking the lie that just because we’re all in the music business, we all like each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 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
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
