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The phrase "be refuted by" is a valid and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is used to indicate that an argument or statement has been disproven or disproved. For example, "The theory that the Earth is flat has been refuted by centuries of scientific data."
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So now, if the prosecution argues that the rape occurred during the fourth visit, Mr. Tacopina said it could be refuted by that prior testimony.
The other arguments advanced - compositions "that leave Rubens behind", the revelation of the "unknown" (ie undocumented) - can be refuted by example: like "foreshortening that would be impossible in drawings or paintings".
But in a statement issued on Tuesday, SPC's managing director, Peter Kelly, said many of the claims made about pay and conditions at the plant were untrue and "need to be refuted by the facts".
Likewise, he implausibly suggests that John Rawls can be refuted by surveys showing that people do not share the judgments Rawls thinks we would make in the fictional situation of his "original position".
While books on culture, literature and politics are in a certain sense more immune from "progress" than books of science that can be refuted by new evidence, who can tell whether future generations will still find that they have something urgent to say?
In the one aspect of the plot that feels contrived, Liam searches the Internet for information about Cope, stalks the old man and his caretaker, and introduces himself as someone who met the developer at a benefit, a lie that can't be refuted by someone with a failing memory.
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This was refuted by other scientists.
These claims have been refuted by DrugScience.
This analysis has not been refuted by Ministers or DoH.
That estimate is refuted by reliable studies; it still cuts.
The report was refuted by Paterno's family.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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