Sentence examples for were disproved from inspiring English sources

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were disproved

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To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

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He says he was disqualified for medical reasons that were disproved on appeal.

But soon after the election he was forced from office when his denials were disproved.

The theories put forward by the British at the time regarding republican involvement were disproved in court.

Experience May Not Count So many perceived truths about the playoffs were disproved in the first round.

Early theories that held that the fish might be a direct ancestor of humankind were disproved by studies in the 1980's of the coelacanth's anatomy and DNA.

General Odierno said similar arguments were made about the irrelevance of American ground forces before, and were disproved by the attacks of Sept. 11.

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When the first of them started to drown his claims to prophesy were disproven!

After considerable controversy, etiologic links between XMRV and these two diseases were disproven.

That hypothesis was disproved.

This has since been disproved.

Perhaps the finding will be disproved.

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