disprove
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Reconstructing one cybersecurity incident doesn’t disprove Mr. Hubinger’s probability estimate or Mr. Amodei’s warning about future systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
"In situations like that, the line becomes blurred. Relationship issues are difficult to disprove."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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
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
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
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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
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
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
It was an adventure which disproves the old proverb again.
From Captain Macedoine's Daughter by William McFee
The Fellowship’s religious claims are never disproved, history suggests, just yet to be proved.
From Salon ● May 29, 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
It had previously been thought that vaccinating children against chickenpox would cause a problematic rise in the linked condition shingles, but a recent long-term study from the US disproved that theory.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 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
As philosopher of science Karl Popper has emphasized, a good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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Green cites recent breakthroughs in mathematics by AI labs, including a partial solution to the infamously challenging Navier Stokes equations, and a more recent breakthrough disproving the Exponential Time Hypothesis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 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
They alleged that she "disregarded all credible evidence disproving her claim in favour of platforming known conspiracy theorists and proven defamers".
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
Some were even conducting studies aimed at disproving Gartler’s findings.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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