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Discover LudwigThe phrase "been debunked" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to indicate that a claim or belief has been proven false or discredited. Example: "The myth that vaccines cause autism has been debunked by numerous scientific studies."
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been debunked
verb
To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
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That rule of thumb has been debunked.
Those charges have since been debunked.
But his definition of normal has been debunked.
By the end, some longstanding theories have been debunked.
However, the decimal-point myth has itself been debunked.
For a start, Freud (this story goes) has been debunked.
These claims have been debunked time and time again.
Yet the notion has been debunked time and again.
The "collusion theory has been debunked," McDaniel insisted.
This is a notion that has since been debunked.
Now both dogmas have been debunked in quick succession.
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