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these are hard scientific facts against which there can be no reasonable refutation
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That was interpreted, understandably, as a refutation of the company’s recent push toward more diverse characters and creators.
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Is the month-long surge in Treasury yields a confirmation, a refutation, or a threat, to the prevailing soft-economic-landing outlook?
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
That was interpreted, understandably, as a refutation of the company’s recent push toward more diverse characters and creators.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
Image Told in an subsequent interview of the Coast Guard refutation, Dr. McLaren speculated on the fraud’s motive.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 10 June 2024
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“Refutation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refutation. Accessed 2 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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