refutation

Example Sentences

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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

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

From MarketWatch

Yet I spelled out the two-part criteria for defining cases, qualifying them as “extraordinary evidence” and opening myself to a decisive refutation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Certainly, some effort must be made to point out falsehoods and inconsistencies, but the same psychological evidence that shows how falsehood and inconsistency gain traction also tells us that retractions and refutations are seldom effective.

From Salon

But as more data was collected and analyzed in more sophisticated ways, scientists increasingly found refutations of Red Queen theory.

From Science Daily