Sentence examples for is refuting from inspiring English sources
verb
To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
It's not only the imagery of pastoral that Shakespeare is refuting.
It is refuting the pretense that the United Nations sets meaningful parameters to wars it authorizes — or endorses, which is quite different.
The new Carnegie Mellon figures are the latest among what John P. Robinson, a social scientist at the University of Maryland, calls "an avalanche of data" that is refuting early conclusions about the negative impact of the Net.
It almost seems as if Hollinghurst is refuting the most commonly made criticisms of his work: that he's not very interested in women; that there's too much sex; that his writing is too lush; that his characters are not likeable.
It will take more creativity than this for the administration to distract us from the 9/11 commission, which is refuting Mr. Ashcroft and company's absurd claims to pre-9/11 battle-readiness as firmly as it shot down Mr. Moore's account of the post-9/11 airlifting of bin Laden relatives.
In other reports related to the Samsung-Apple trial, The Verge has trial documents showing how Apple is refuting Samsung's claim that it copied iPhone design elements from Sony, while AllThingsD has other filings showing early prototype designs for the iPad and iPhone.
The city talked to everyone". This is refuted by residents.
That estimate is refuted by reliable studies; it still cuts.
But this outcome is refuted or qualified by many empirical studies.
The notion that the SEC ignores individuals is refuted by the data.
"This is utterly without foundation and is refuted in the strongest possible terms.
