refutable

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Adjective
  • But certifying who gets to participate in the lawsuit can take months or years, while a policy and its arguable harms would survive.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 18 May 2025
  • The Eagles also had dynamic and arguable MVP running back Saquon Barkley in the backfield.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The debate, according to Wolf, was ultimately rendered moot by one of the five selections made before the Patriots drafted Henderson at 38th overall.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
  • In the face of the rapid expansion of fast food outlets, which may lead to other health issues, the right decision for local communities may be a moot point.
    BYAlex Ledsom, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Whether or not Jones would have wanted his character to feature in Fortnite is debatable, but strangely enough, Disney’s Star Wars has inspired similar debates in the past.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Whether that was the best ploy is debatable, particularly as results on the field have waned.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • Clark took a series of questionable fouls from Reese's Sky throughout the 2024 season, including one from Reese June 16.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025
  • The Trump Administration has unleashed a torrent of unconstitutional executive orders and other questionable legal actions; with many of them, its goal seems less to win in the end than to inflict as much damage as possible along the way.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • The Psychology of Making Offers Just like in any good marketplace, prices are almost always negotiable.
    Benjamin Voyer, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • Few people realise that the $640 million in negotiable bearer bonds Hans so desperately wanted was needed to fund his vinyl addiction.
    Chris Haslam, Wired News, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • But the matchup turned controversial in the third quarter.
    Natasha Dye, People.com, 19 May 2025
  • Anno 117 doesn't seem to reinvent the experience compared to 1800, but after the controversial attempts that preceded both of these titles, that may not be a bad thing.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • According to a lab report, the footprints were inconclusive, and Esswein's DNA was not found inside Jeanie's apartment.
    Jordan Kinsey, CBS News, 17 May 2025
  • Black smoke billows after a pair of inconclusive votes, while white smoke will immediately billow if a new pontiff is chosen.
    Katie Primm, NBC news, 9 May 2025
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“Refutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refutable. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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