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these are hard scientific facts against which there can be no reasonable refutation
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The authors see this as a refutation of the hypothesis that megalodons relied on nursery areas to rear their young, since a baby megalodon would be quite capable of hunting and killing marine mammals based on size alone.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2025
By this point, there’s no need to rehash its difficult production: What matters is what’s on the screen, a tale of how a wayward son (Al Pacino) discovers that his mild refutations of his family’s dark business are ultimately just talk.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
But not a refutation of the broader bull case just yet.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
But The Dry Season is anything but a refutation of her earlier work.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2025
By this point, there’s no need to rehash its difficult production: What matters is what’s on the screen, a tale of how a wayward son (Al Pacino) discovers that his mild refutations of his family’s dark business are ultimately just talk.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
But not a refutation of the broader bull case just yet.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
But The Dry Season is anything but a refutation of her earlier work.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Refutation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refutation. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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refutation
noun
ref·u·ta·tion
ˌref-yu̇-ˈtā-shən 
: the act or process of refuting : disproof
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