disprove

Example Sentences

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Private-credit managers are trying to disprove a negative—and it has created the biggest upheaval for the $1 trillion market since it came on the scene after the financial crisis.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Lowry immediately landed a job directing his first museum, taking the gig in part “to disprove my father telling me there were no jobs in Islamic art.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

“They’re trying to disprove a negative in terms of their operations,” Stucky said of the affected companies.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

FBI data alone cannot prove or disprove the claim that crime is at a 125-year low because, as he points out, it only started publishing statistics in 1930, and only consistently after 1960.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

“Enough to convince me that it would be too troublesome to have our corporation attempt to disprove them when you could do so more easily.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov