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refutation

[ref-yoo-tey-shuhn] / ˌrɛf jʊˈteɪ ʃən /


NOUN
disproving
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Index funds add marginal exposure to stocks as they make relative gains, a seeming refutation of the age-old maxim to buy low, sell high.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

Every single refutation of their conspiracy theory just proves that the conspiracy goes even further and deeper than they thought.

From MarketWatch Nov. 10, 2025

He also coauthored a detailed refutation of the theory that the Taurid swarm caused a global climate disaster 12,900 years ago.

From Science Daily Oct. 31, 2025

Pitts still sees the hat as a kind of refutation of tribalism—something that seems worth striving for but harder to manifest with each passing election.

From Slate Dec. 18, 2024

Not a catalog of my consciousness, but a refutation of it.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green




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