discredited

Example Sentences

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Rueda dropped the claim in 2024 after Pacquiao’s team discredited it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Here, then, is a sampling of predictions, which range from the discredited to pseudoscience to the bizarre.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

But the woman that people came to know on-screen as the bow-wielding renegade Katniss Everdeen — and off-screen as a goofy straight-shooter — was vilified by the media, discredited for the crime of being herself.

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2025

Feared and loathed by his adversaries, Hemedti is admired by his followers for his tenacity, ruthlessness, and his promise to tear down a discredited state.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

The story about the woman who broke her arm was discredited because the victim was an actress eager to get her photograph in the newspapers.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow