disprove
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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
The river levels through Kingsland haven't reached the same heights since the damage was done, so it's not possible to prove or disprove his view.
From BBC ● May 26, 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
“We see this cyclical caution from investors as prudent given past memory bust cycles, and acknowledge that the bear case is difficult to disprove in the near-term,” Weathers writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Thomas Bradwardine, who was to become archbishop of Canterbury, tried to disprove atomism, Aristotle’s old nemesis.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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
To seek after the purity and perfection of the Present Life neither disproves another Life beyond this, nor disqualifies man for it.
From The Principles Of Secularism by Holyoake, George Jacob
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
Retail investors have emerged in the past five years as a powerful force that, en masse, has disproved investment disciplines like “Buy low and sell high.”
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 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
Rossi maintained his debunked claims of mistaken identity - which have been disproved by DNA and matching tattoos - during his court appearance on Monday.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 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
"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
The suit alleges Owens "disregarded all credible evidence disproving her claim in favor of platforming known conspiracy theorists and proven defamers."
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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
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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