disprove
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But no spreadsheet can prove or disprove discrimination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
"In situations like that, the line becomes blurred. Relationship issues are difficult to disprove."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
But since he can’t disprove it either, he’ll just go with the flow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
It’s an idea that some mathematicians believe is true but nobody has been able to prove or disprove.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
I saw no advantage in calling witnesses to tty' to disprove something that was incontrovertible.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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For a company that prides itself on entering categories late and defining them, Apple’s AI execution has been the exception that disproves the rule.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026
In fact, the history of whaling on its own disproves the central point of “The Killing Age,” that guns were a sine qua non for the making of the modern world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
"Find some evidence that shows it couldn't be walking. Because nothing we've seen anywhere disproves that," said Lipo.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2025
It's a looser arrangement than their previous deal - but it disproves claims that the Sussexes and Netflix are going to completely part company.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
Some have believed themselves to have discovered the Flood-tradition among the Peruvians, but careful criticism disproves this.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
He said that with closed-circuit cameras everywhere, any allegation of a security breach easily can be validated or disproved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Barton has no training and less than zero credibility, having been caught repeatedly peddling easily disproved lies.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
City appear to have disproved that theory with not only the acquisition of Semenyo, but Marc Guehi too after the England defender joined from Crystal Palace for £20m.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party just disproved one of the oldest truisms in the country’s politics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
He had never seen the photograph that disproved their guilt.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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Rather than disproving AI’s potential, this hiring rebound suggests many employers misunderstood where AI creates value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
"Ryanair looks forward to disproving these false CMA claims during this bogus investigation," it added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
In time, more evidence may come to light either corroborating or disproving the allegations, but right now, we’re pulling on some pretty thin threads.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
Brawn and co-author Henry Pollock, who did postdoctoral research in NRES, already showed that both temperate and tropical birds can withstand temperature extremes, disproving the climate variability hypothesis across latitudes.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
An admirable outcome, were this world one Fastness of the Handdara, but alas we must walk forward troubling the new snow, proving and disproving, asking and answering.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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