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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

It seemed to disprove the understanding that AI has been hurting mostly younger employees and those in entry-level jobs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Most people who tackled this problem tried to prove Erdős’s conjecture, rather than disprove it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Third, by demanding that plaintiffs disentangle race from politics, the court asks them to disprove the very structural reality that social network discrimination reveals.

From Slate ● May 22, 2026

In most adversarial situations, to prove your own case is to disprove your opponent’s—though rhetoric being as slippery as it is, the task is seldom precisely symmetrical.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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

Sala, has denied the sexual assault allegation in comments to the media, saying he has proof that disproves the sheriff’s claim.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025

One of his new songs disproves that theory.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024

When one of these illogical defenders of that proposition is confronted with an instance that disproves his assertion, he falls back on the allegation that in that instance the vaccination was not properly done.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The claim can never be disproved because its meaning isn’t fixed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 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

McLaughlin’s lies were easily disproved by reporting, videos and photos.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

Demonstrate that their conspiracy theory is, say, disproved by the law of gravity, and they will conclude … that Sir Isaac Newton was “in on it” too.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025

He had never seen the photograph that disproved their guilt.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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 my clinical practice, I’ve learned that the key isn’t just disproving individual claims about Tylenol, autism, or vaccines—it’s explaining how to think about medical evidence.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2025

While researchers have speculated that this may happen, there hasn't been any direct visualization at the atomic scale proving or disproving the theory.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2024

Now he was sure that there was a grave misunderstanding taking place, and that unraveling it, disproving it, was going to take days.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers